dey
noun
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
deys
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pluralof dey.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“Dat’s jealousy and malice. Some uh dem very mens wants tuh do whut dey claim deys skeered Tea Cake is doin’.”
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
These Kabyles had long been employed as mercenaries by the deys of Algiers; and after the conquest in 1830 the French took them into their service.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Therle of March knelyng upon the deys on the right side of the Quene, held a sceptre upright of the Quenes.
From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas
Therle Marchall knelyng on the same deys upon the left side of the Quene, held another sceptre of the Quenes upright.
From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas
The one was governed by deys, the other by knights.
From The Handbook of Conundrums by Edith B. Ordway
