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dey

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1. dey - Noun

2. dey - Pronoun

3. Dey - Proper noun

Meaning

A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.

The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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“After dey free us, we so glad, we makee de drum and beat it lak in de Affica soil,” he told Hurston. Source: Internet

A day after getting married to long-time live-in partner Dolon Roy, Dey was hospitalised Friday evening. Source: Internet

As a result of what the French considered an insult to the French consul in Algiers by the Dey in 1827, France blockaded Algiers for three years. Source: Internet

Calling from the AT&T head office at 15 Dey Street in New York City, Bell was heard by Thomas Watson at 333 Grant Avenue in San Francisco. Source: Internet

For the next hundred years, a series of deys effectively ruled Tripolitania, some for only a few weeks, and at various times the dey was also pasha-regent. Source: Internet

For instance, during the Second Barbary War President James Madison authorized the Salem, Mass., brig Grand Turk to cruise against "Algerine vessels, public or private, goods and effects, of or belonging to the Dey of Algiers ". Source: Internet

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