kavass

• With a curse Wassef felt in his vest for his purse, and called to the kavass--the being more dreaded in Egypt than the plague That very night the conscription descended upon Mahommed Selim, and by sunrise he was standing in front of the house of the Mamour with twelve others, to begin the march to Dongola. —  Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete
• An extremely aged kavass, in the long white skirt or kirtle worn largely in Scutari, and with the British Arms emblazoned on his fez, respectfully kissed our hands, and we were told that he had been in English service for over forty years. —  The Land of the Black Mountain The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro
• We were watching them in a terror too abject to describe, when, to our joy, an English voice said, "I am the guide for the two American ladies, and here is the kavass which the American minister sent down to meet you. —  As Seen By Me
• "You might go without, but you'd better submit to extortion He called the kavass, the uniformed consular attendant, and sent him in search of Kagig. —  The Eye of Zeitoon
• But one day a kavass of the Khedive swooped down on Manfaloot, and twenty young men were carried off in conscription. —  Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 1

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