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What's The Definition Of Dey?Synonyms | Synonyms for Dey: Related Terms | Find terms related to Dey: See Also | Dey In Webster's Dictionary \Dey\, n. [See {Dairy}.]
A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
\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. |
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