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dey  (d)
n.
1. Used formerly as the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
2. Used formerly as the title for rulers of the states of Tunis and Tripoli.
[French, from Turkish day, maternal uncle.]
dey [deɪ]
n
1. (Historical Terms) (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the title given to commanders or (from 1710) governors of the Janissaries of Algiers (1671-1830)
2. (Historical Terms) (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a title applied by Western writers to various other Ottoman governors, such as the bey of Tunis
[from French, from Turkish dayi, literally: maternal uncle, hence title given to an older person]


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Then she would gather it to her heart and pour out her love upon it in a frenzy of kisses, moaning, crying, and saying, "Dey sha'n't, oh, dey sha'nt'
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
When dey do not bite off your thumbs dey are always dying from nostalgia-homesick-for dey haf der imperfect soul, which is midway arrested in defelopment-und too much Ego.
From Mine Own People by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
No use goin' on; de dam willains will keep a scrougin' and slappin' each oder, Massa Stubb; dey don't hear one word; no use a-preachin' to such dam g'uttons as you call 'em, till dare bellies is full, and dare bellies is bottomless; and when dey do get em full, dey wont hear you den; for den dey sink in de sea, go fast to sleep on de coral, and can't hear not'ing at all, no more, for eber and eber.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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