1902, William F. Sinclair, “Narrative of my journey from India to Italy”, in Donald William Ferguson, editor, The travels of Pedro Teixeira: with his "Kings of Harmuz" and extracts from his "Kings of Persia", Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, 2nd series, number 9, London: Hakluyt Society, translation of original by Pedro Teixeira, →OCLC, page 150:
At that time there were in the island a chaús and a saniaco.1 […] [editor's note] 1[…]Chawúsh and kawás are now well-known words in Europe, and would need little remark here, were it not that it is not quite clear which is represented by Teixeira's "chaús." Probably it is the former. Our author's contemporary, Ben Jonson, records (in The Alchemist) how one of these gentlemen introduced a new word for cheating into the English language. The Chawúsh, moreover, is the other's superior in rank and roguery—less of an orderly and more of a bailiff—yet not of such rank that his mission to the Signory was any better than one of the covert insults dear to the Asian diplomatist.
1967, C J. Edmonds, A pilgrimage to Lalish, Luzac: Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, page 37:
The Chāwūsh, or Bābā Chāwūsh as he is generally called, maybe selected from any class of the community. He must be celibate and must be prepared to devote himself entirely to the religious life.
1878, Richard Francis Burton, The gold-mines of Midian and the ruined Midianite cities: a fortnight's tour in north-western Arabia, London: C. K. Paul, →OCLC, page 122:
We were accompanied by Lieutenants Hasan and Abd el-Kerim: the escort, ten soldiers, with the Chawush Ali and Marius, the chef, followed in the other boat.
1890, Klas August Linderfelt, Eclectic card catalog rules, Boston: C. A. Cutter, →OCLC, page 80:
Chawush, T. tchavush, sergeant, herald; tchavush-bashi, formerly the grand marshal of the empire, now chief baron of the court of chancery.
1895, Frederick William von Herbert, The defence of Plevna, 1877: written by one who took part in it, London: Longmans, Green, →OCLC, page 26:
The following are the grades in the Turkish Army: […] Chawush (sergeant)
1897, Charles Clive Bigham Mersey, A ride through western Asia, London, New York: Macmillan, →OCLC, page 18:
He carried on a long conversation with the dragoman in Turkish, the upshot of which was that he would give me a "buyuruldu" or special order to go to Sivas, and would provide an escort if the British Consul would send a written guarantee that I was a bona fide traveller. We thanked the Vali for the concession, and took our leave, […] He wrote the required guarantee, and a Chawush, or sergeant of Zaptiehs, was told off to accompany me to Sivas.¶ Sivas is in another province, not under Memdouch Pasha's rule, and as the Vali there was on bad terms with him, it was more than likely that he would send me back in spite of the buyuruldu. The Chawush was sent with me, possibly to make sure that I was neither an agitator nor a newspaper correspondent, but I paid him well and he proved of great use to me.
1754, Harry Luke, quoting Alexander Drummond, Travels through different cities of Germany and several parts of Asia, quoted in Cyprus under the Turks, 1571-1878: a record based on the archives of the English Consulate in Cyprus under the Levant Company and after, London, New York: Oxford University Press, published 1921, →OCLC, page 67:
Bash Chawush, keeper of the prisoners.
1754, Harry Luke, quoting Alexander Drummond, Travels through different cities of Germany and several parts of Asia, quoted in Cyprus under the Turks, 1571-1878: a record based on the archives of the English Consulate in Cyprus under the Levant Company and after, London, New York: Oxford University Press, published 1921, →OCLC, page 67:
Alay Chawush, buffoons, who carry batons tipt with silver, and play a thousand monkey tricks, fitter for the entertainment of children than of sensible men.
Proper noun: "Chaouch" ("a cultivar of vinifera grape")
1890, James W. Redhouse, A Turkish and English lexicon: shewing in English the significations of the Turkish terms, volume 1, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, →OCLC, page 251:
Chawush grapes, a green grape of delicate flavor reckoned the best in Turkey.
