chaoux

See also: Chaoux

English

Etymology

From French chaoux.

Noun

chaoux

Obsolete spelling of chiaus [early 19th c.]
- 1832, James, George P. R., The string of pearls, volume 1, London: R. Bentley, OCLC 593495440, page 236:
  […] the chaoux soon found him and brought him to the palace, having redeemed him by order of the sultan.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:chaoux.

References

"Chiaus" in A New English dictionary on historical principles, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1893, volume 2, p. 334.

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