CHIAUS

Meaning of CHIAUS in English

ˈchau̇s(h) noun

( -es )

Etymology: Turkish çavuş sergeant, doorkeeper, messenger, from çav voice, news

1. : a Turkish messenger or sergeant

2. : cheat , swindler

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CHIAUS — noun Etymology: Turkish çavuş Date: 1595 a Turkish messenger or sergeant
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CHIAUS — /chows, chowsh/ , n. , pl. chiauses . 1. (in the Ottoman Empire) a court official who served as an …
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CHIAUS — noun Etymology: Turkish çavuş Date: 1595 : a Turkish messenger or sergeant
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CHIAUS — [chiaus] n [Turk cavus] (1595): a Turkish messenger or sergeant
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CHIAUS — Function: noun Synonyms: SWINDLER , cheat, cheater, defrauder, mountebank, rogue, sharper, sharpie, skin, trickster
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CHIAUS — noun Synonyms: swindler , cheat, cheater, defrauder, mountebank, rogue, sharper, sharpie, skin, trickster
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CHIAUS — Pronunciation: ' chau ̇ s, ' chau ̇ sh Function: noun Etymology: Turkish çavu ş Date: 1595 : a Turkish …
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CHOUSE — I. noun also chowse ˈchau̇s ( -s ) Etymology: Turkish çavuş sergeant, doorkeeper, messenger, from çav voice, news 1. obsolete …
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CHOUSE — — chouser , n. /chows/ , v. , choused, chousing , n. v.t. 1. to swindle; cheat (often fol. by …
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SWINDLER — n. Function: noun one who defrauds usually of money and especially by imposture or by gaining the victim's confidence FF1C; …
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ROGUE
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MACE — n. Function: noun Synonyms: SWINDLER , cheat, chiaus, con man, diddler, flimflammer, ||grifter, gyp, mountebank, sharpie
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PETER FUNK — Function: noun Synonyms: SWINDLER , cheat, cheater, chiaus, confidence man, con man, defrauder, double-dealer, flimflammer, mountebank
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MACE — I. mace noun Synonyms: cudgel , bat, baton, billy, billy club, bludgeon, club, knobkerrie, nightstick, ||shillelagh II. ||mace noun Synonyms: …
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SWINDLER — noun one who defrauds usually of money and especially by imposture or by gaining the victim's confidence lost their savings …
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ROGUE
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PETER FUNK — noun Synonyms: swindler , cheat, cheater, chiaus, confidence man, con man, defrauder, double-dealer, flimflammer, mountebank
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