DEYS

Noun

deys

plural of dey

Anagrams

• Dyes, Syed, dyes, yeds

Source: Wiktionary


DEY

Dey, n. Etym: [See Dairy.]

Definition: A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dey, n.; pl. Deys. Etym: [Turk. dai, 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.]

Definition: The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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