1) Armed Turkish constable
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Kavass is a Turkish name for an armed police-officer, also for a courier such as it is usual to engage when travelling in Turkey. The name is used, inter alia, for the guards that traditionally preserve public order at the important worship spots of the Holy Land (formerly under Ottoman Turkey jurisdiction), such as the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem...
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• (n.) An armed constable; also, a government servant or courier.
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(from the article `dragoman`) ...ceased to exist, especially since the passing of the Ottoman Empire, although in the latter part of the 20th century many embassies in the Arab ...
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Ka·vass' noun ;
plural Kavasses [ Turk.
kāvvās ] An armed constable; also, a government servant or courier. [ Turkey]
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