Dey definition

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A pasha in the former Barbary States of Tunis and Tripoli.
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Used formerly as the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
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Used formerly as the title for rulers of the states of Tunis and Tripoli.
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Used formerly as the title for rulers of the states of Tunis and Tripoli.
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The former title of the governor of Algiers.
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The tenth solar month of the Persian calendar.
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Used formerly as the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
dey
Plural:
deys

Origin of dey

  • French from Turkish dayı maternal uncle, protector, dey from Old Turkic tağāy maternal uncle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French from Turkish dayı maternal uncle, protector, dey from Old Turkic tağāy maternal uncle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Persian دی.

    From Wiktionary

Dey Sentence Examples

  • Some days later the dey was deported, as well as the greater part of the janissaries.

  • Ali, the capitan pasha, was commander-in-chief, and he had with him Chulouk Bey of Alexandria, commonly called Scirocco, and Uluch Ali, dey of Algiers.

  • If the dey had left, the three beys remained.

  • The dey of Algiers, who saw the opening, reversed the order of his squadron, and fell on the right of the centre.

  • Nevertheless the Spanish occupation left a deep impression on the coast of Tunis, and not a few Spanish words passed into Tunisian Arabic. After the Turkish conquest, the civil administration was placed under a pasha; but in a few years a military revolution transferred the supreme power to a Dey elected by the janissaries, who formed the army of occupation.

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