canvass
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The Vice-Consul placed another kavass at our disposal to accompany us on our explorations of the town, and gave him further permission to attend us on our proposed ride to Podgorica.
From The Land of the Black Mountain The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro by Wyon, Reginald
He called the kavass, the uniformed consular attendant, and sent him in search of Kagig.
From The Eye of Zeitoon by Mundy, Talbot
IV When he woke again it was to find at his bedside a kavass from Imshi Pasha at Cairo.
From Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete by Parker, Gilbert
It had required all her common- sense to prevent her, then and there, protesting, pleading, with the kavass, who did the duty of Ismail's Sirdar.
From Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 3 by Parker, Gilbert
The money would be given me next day, the Consul continued, and a kavass of the Imperial Government would go with me into the bazaar to make any purchases I required.
From Caught by the Turks by Yeats-Brown, Francis
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