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derebey

derebey noun: a feudal lord in the Ottoman Empire.

Noun

derebey (plural derebeys)

  1. (historical) A feudal lord in the Ottoman Empire.
    • A separate institution in Rize from the derebeylik was the great Tuzcuoglu family which eventually was to precipitate the crushing of the derebeys as semi-autonomous local powers.1989, T. A. Sinclair, Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey

Forms of derebey

pluralderebeys

Origin of derebey

Borrowed from Turkish derebeyi, from dere (“creek”) + bey (“bey, lord”).

Questions about derebey

What does derebey mean?
Derebey means a feudal lord in the Ottoman Empire.
What part of speech is derebey?
Derebey is a noun.
What is the plural of derebey?
The plural of derebey is derebeys.

Words near derebey in the dictionary

  1. derealizations
  2. derealize
  3. derealized
  4. derealizes
  5. derealizing
  6. derebey
  7. derebeys
  8. derech
  9. derech eretz
  10. derecho
  11. derechoes

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