ichoglann.
/ˈɪtʃəʊɡlan/ A page in waiting in the palace of the Sultan.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > boy or man attending on person of high rank > in Sultan's palace
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1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier New Relation Seraglio 2 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) The Ichoglans are those, in whom, besides the accomplishments of the Body, they discover also a noble Genius, fit for a high Education, and such as may render them capable of serving their Prince.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. xviii. 24 The Eunuchs also have the charge of the Ichnoglans, or the Grand Signiors Pages.
1745 R. Pococke Trav. I. ii. iii. ii. 134 The education of the itcheoglans for the seraglio of the grand signor.
1846 W. M. Thackeray Notes Journey Cornhill to Cairo vii. 130 Ichoglans and pages, with lazy looks and shabby dresses.
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