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ALL meanings of dey

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  • noun dey the title given to commanders or (from 1710) governors of the Janissaries of Algiers (1671–1830) 3
  • noun dey a title applied by Western writers to various other Ottoman governors, such as the bey of Tunis 3
  • noun dey the former title of the governor of Algiers 3
  • noun dey a pasha in the former Barbary States of Tunis and Tripoli 3
  • noun dey a title sometimes used by the former rulers of Tunis and Tripoli. 1
  • noun dey (UK dialectal, Scotland) A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid. 1
  • noun dey the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830. 1
  • noun dey (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid. 0
  • noun dey The title given to the ruler of the Regency of Algiers (now Algeria) under the Ottoman Empire. 0
  • pronoun dey Eye dialect spelling of they, representing African American Vernacular English. 0
  • pronoun dey Eye dialect spelling of there, representing African American Vernacular English. 0
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