Usually means: Messenger or envoy in Ottoman Empire.
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  1. chiaus: Merriam-Webster
  2. chiaus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. chiaus: Wordnik
  4. Chiaus, chiaus: Wiktionary
  5. chiaus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. chiaus: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. chiaus: Dictionary.com
  8. Chiaus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. chiaus: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (Chiaus)

noun:  (historical) An Ottoman Empire court official; an attendant, messenger, herald, interpreter.
noun:  (historical) An Ottoman Empire çavuş (“sergeant”).
noun:  Obsolete spelling of chouse (“a swindler”). [(obsolete) One who is easily cheated; a gullible person.]
verb:  Obsolete spelling of chouse (“cheat, trick, swindle”). [(obsolete, transitive) To cheat, to trick.]
noun:  (historical) Alternative letter-case form of chiaus [(historical) An Ottoman Empire court official; an attendant, messenger, herald, interpreter.]

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