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Kavass
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or Cavass (adapted from the Turkish qawwas, a bow-maker; Arabic paws, a bow), a Turkish name for an armed police-officer; also for a courier such as it is usual to engage when travelling in Turkey.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Kavass'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/k/kavass.html. 1910.