chauz

Spanish

Etymology

a. 1567, possibly from Portuguese chaus.[1] Ultimately from Ottoman Turkish چاوش‎ (çavuş, “messenger, herald, lictor, sergeant”). Cognate Turkish çavuş.

Pronunciation
  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃauθ/, [ˈt͡ʃau̯θ]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaus/, [ˈt͡ʃau̯s]

Noun

chauz m (plural ?)

  1. (historical) A chiaus.
    • 1567, Balbi di Correggio, Francisco, La verdadera relacion de todo lo q[ue] este año de MDLXV ha sucedido en la Isla de Malta […] , Alcalá de Henares: Juan de Villanueva, OCLC 800225770, page 51:
      […] y lo ſacaron alas caſas dela Burmola, adonde le dexaron yr para ſu chauz: pero Dios ſabe con que turbacion, por el miedo paſſado.
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    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:chauz.

References
  1. “chauz” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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