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deys

deys is the plural of dey.

Meaning of dey

Noun (1)

dey (plural deys)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.

Noun (2)

dey (plural deys)

  1. (historical) The ruler of the Regency of Algiers (now Algeria) under the Ottoman Empire.
    • […] the reigning Dey of Algiers (half of whose twenty-eight predecessors are said to have met violent ends) lost his temper with the French consul, struck him in the face with a fly-whisk, and called him ‘a wicked, faithless, idol-worshipping rascal’.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 29

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Questions about deys

What is deys the plural of?
Deys is the plural of dey.

Words near deys in the dictionary

  1. deyolks
  2. Deyon
  3. Deyos
  4. DeYoung
  5. Deyoungs
  6. deys
  7. deyseaville
  8. Deysie
  9. Deyton
  10. Deytons
  11. DEZ

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