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Definition of Dey

Dey
Dey Dey, n. [See Dairy.] A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Dey
Dey Dey, n.; pl. Deys. [Turk. d[=a]i, orig., a maternal uncle, then a friendly title formerly given to middle-aged or old people, especially among the Janizaries; and hence, in Algiers, consecrated at length to the commanding officer of that corps, who frequently became afterward pasha or regent of that province; hence the European misnomer of dey, as applied to the latter: cf. F. dey.] The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.

Meaning of Dey from wikipedia

- Dey (Arabic: داي), from the Turkish honorific title dayı, literally meaning uncle, was the title given to the rulers of the regencies of Algiers, Tripolitania...
- Look up dey or Dey in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dey was the title given to the rulers of the Regency of Algiers from 1671. It was also used in Tunisia...
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- This is a list of the Beylerbeys, Pashas and Deys of the Regency of Algiers: Dely Ahmed 1586-1589 Hızır Pasha 1589–1591 Hadji Shaban Pasha 1591–1593 Mustapha...