dey

American  

[dey] / deɪ /

noun

1. the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.

2. a title sometimes used by the former rulers of Tunis and Tripoli.

---

dey British  

/ deɪ /

noun

1. the title given to commanders or (from 1710) governors of the Janissaries of Algiers (1671–1830)

2. a title applied by Western writers to various other Ottoman governors, such as the bey of Tunis

---

Etymology

Origin of dey

1650–60; < French < Turkish dayι originally, maternal uncle

Example Sentences

Graeme Dey, minister for parliamentary business, said the government supported the general principles of Simpson's bill on the condition that the regional recall process was amended to strike the right balance between "complexity and cost".

From BBC

“Those properties for sure are selling at steep, steep discounts because the existing owners have really just sort of done all they can do, or they’re at a point where they need to return as much equity to their investors and move on to fight another day,” said Russell Dey, managing director at Walker & Dunlop.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We spent three days and nights just fixing those samples. This was a treasure trove we could not let go of," said co-first author Felix Mikus, who completed his PhD in the Dey Group and is now a postdoc in Dudin's laboratory at the University of Geneva.

From Science Daily

"Our adventures with expansion microscopy are only beginning," said Dey.

From Science Daily

Motivated by this success, Dudin, Dey, Guichard, and Hamel began a long-term collaboration.

From Science Daily