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Deys

Dey \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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n. (plural of dey English)

Usage examples of "deys".

Ali Dey sat with folded legs upon the richly draped divan of the deys of Algiers.

Ef I knowed whar to find em, deys some my white folkes lib in dis town.