Lexicographical Neighbors of Kavasses
Literary usage of Kavasses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diversions of a Diplomat in Turkey by Samuel Sullivan Cox (1887)
"The kavasses of the Consulate wear their gorgeous gold-trimmed clothes and bear
... in the dining-room is apparently trusted to the care of the kavasses. ..."
2. The Greek and the Turk; Or, Powers and Prospects in the Levant by Eyre Evans Crowe (1853)
"I took my station on a heap of stones to see the Sultan pass, and was rudely
assailed by some kavasses in brown suits, for no other reason but that they ..."
3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"On 12 May 1846, on an urgent appeal from the American missionaries at Abaye in
Mount Lebanon, Rose hastened thither, accompanied only by two kavasses. ..."
4. A Levantine Log-book by Jerome Alfred Hart (1905)
"... foreign consulates will not permit any of their citizens or subjects to enter
without being attended by the kavasses, or armed guards, of the consulate. ..."
5. Gleanings from the Desert of Arabia by Roger D. Upton (1881)
"We proceed thus : two kavasses (attendants on the Consulate, ... We proceed with
rather solemn steps, the kavasses out of step; pass through the ..."
6. Life and Light for Woman by Woman's Board of Missions (1904)
"We have our two hired Albanians as kavasses. One is usually here while the other
is away on any errands, and when our faithful Uncha, who is Bulgarian, ..."
7. Everyday Life in Turkey by W. M. Ramsay (1897)
"We have an unusually lavish camp-equipment on this occasion—two tents, nine
horses, a cook, two kavasses, and two muleteers. This magnificence is due to the ..."
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