English

Noun

tchaouch

1. (historical) Obsolete spelling of chiaus
   • 1880, Sutherland Menzies (pseud. of Elizabeth Stone), Turkey old and new: historical, geographical and statistical, volume 1, London: W. H. Allen, OCLC 671598481, page 255:

     Transylvania was vassal and tributary very nearly on the same conditions as Moldavia; on the death of John-Sigismond Zapoly, in 1571, the investiture was given by a tchaouch to Stephen Bathory, his successor.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:tchaouch.

French

Etymology

Attested 1654.

Noun

tchaouch m ‎(plural tchaouchs or tchaouches)

1. (historical) Obsolete spelling of chaouch
   • 1822, Galland, Antoine, Édouard Gauttier d'Arc, editor, Les mille et une nuits: contes arabes, […] , volume 4 (in French), nouvelle edition, Paris: Collin de Plancy, OCLC 163513484, page 322:

     le grand vézyr à sa gauche, et les seigneurs à sa suite, précédé par les tchiaouch, et par les principaux officiers de sa maison.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:tchaouch.

References

• "Tchaouch" in François Morenas, Dictionnaire portatif comprenant la géographie et l'histoire universelle, la chronologie, […] , Avignon: Louis-Chambeau, 1762, volume 8, p. 260. OCLC 719395231.