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Where does “chouse” come from?

chouse (English) comes from Turkish çavuş, from Ottoman Turkish چاوش, from Common Turkic čabïš.

chouse (English): To cheat, to trick; One who is easily cheated; a...

Definitions

  1. To cheat, to trick; One who is easily cheated; a...

Ancestry of “chouse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçavuşsergeant; noncommissioned officer
2Ottoman Turkishچاوشbeadle, apparitor, usher, pursuivant, messenger,...
3Common Turkicčabïš—

Words derived from “chouse”

  • chouser
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