bey
noun
a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire.
beys
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pluralof bey.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The beys were subsequently blamed for clearing the way for seven decades of French rule and were condemned to obscurity by Mr. Bourguiba after Tunisia’s independence.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2017
Morrison objected, very pertinently, that as the beys were not deceased the Sultan could scarcely be looked upon as their heir.
From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Mór Jókai
Al-Alfī was at that time besieging Damanhur, and he gained a signal victory over the pasha’s troops; but the dissensions of the beys destroyed their last chance of a return to power.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
The man who had snubbed Turkish bashaws and won concessions from piratical beys in Tunis and Algiers was suddenly afraid of a woman.
From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Landowning beys would get peasants into their debt and thus establish themselves as semifeudal patrons of formerly independent villagers.
From Area Handbook for Albania by Sarah Jane Elpern
