Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Used formerly as the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- n. Used formerly as the title for rulers of the states of Tunis and Tripoli.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A female (sometimes a male) servant who had charge of a dairy and all things pertaining to it; a female servant in general.
- n. The title of the governor of Algiers under Turkish suzerainty from 1710 till its conquest by the French in 1830. From 1600 the deys were the elected chiefs of the janissaries of the country, who divided power with the pashas appointed by the Porte, and in 1710 superseded them. Tripoli and Tunis were in former times also sometimes ruled by deys, in place of their legitimate beys.
Wiktionary
- n. obsolete A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
- pro. Eye dialect spelling of they, representing African American Vernacular English.
- pro. Eye dialect spelling of there, representing African American Vernacular English.
- n. The title given to the ruler of the Regency of Algiers (now Algeria) under the Ottoman Empire.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
- n. The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.
Etymologies
- From French dey, from Turkish dayı. (Wiktionary)
- French, from Turkish dayı, maternal uncle. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Dey libed in our “guest” room and dey was so funny!”
in-laws visiting? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Ai nawt ebben noes dis woman, her is fiancee ub fren ub mai husbin…nao dat dey married…no calls, no visits, no nuffin..dey would come obber at 10 pm, meh in bafrobe, habbing tu pleh hostess…nao her haz mai preshush buks…ai feel da stoopy, an da mads. tabbehkitteh says:”
Roomba Cat Goes For A Ride - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Dey *mite* be — but dey jus mite be hazzin fun playin wif new frendz.”
Optimist: glass half full. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Dey shunt tok funnee. but dey du ennywai. oh, emayo in frum da yes plis.”
NOM sawyer - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“January 25, 2008 at 3:39 pm ai luvz it wen u feedz teh behbeh kittehz wiff teh bottul……wen dey startz to getz a liddle owlder..dey *gan gan gan * an ripz teh pippulz to shreddz…”
I SAYZ DONT FLUSH TOILETZ!@! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Dey all so laidback dey r almost horizontal, and we not haz problem wit color affectin personalitee.”
we haz an us. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Dey wanted to know my age, I sed Ise 52 years old and dey sed “no, yer 52 years of age.””
Guess which one - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“An 'Pompey an' Sophy-Sophia dey didn't have no mo'n a broomstick weddin 'nohow -- but of co'se _dey did have de broomstick.”
“n a az jest ovfer lukin at dem agin…cauce ai fink dey r teh cuyte..an ai notised…teh Giant pandaz r cyut, but dey awl luks reely reelly alik……an teh red pandaz…..dey alluk muches more differmintz…..differmin shaedz ov red an der fases….der markinz dey are very distinkt…sum ov dem hasteh bery whyte fasre…odderz noawt so much….”
Nom Nom Nom Nom - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Did you make up disher play dey is goin 'to act? demanded Mammy Jinny.”
The Girls of Central High on the Stage: or, The Play That Took the Prize
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dey’.
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POL - people in power
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Palabras de 3 letras en Español.
¡La única lista que también incluye flexiónes verbales y pluralizaciones! Ayúdame a encontrarlas todas.
(Por ser una lista para Scrabble, los dígrafos ll, rr, y ch valen como una sola ...aba, aca, aga, ahe, ahi, aho, aja, aje, aji, ajo, ala, ale and 427 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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rastafari
dem woodz assoseeated wit da reegae mon..
( Reggae, Rastafari, Rasta, Jamaica, Zion, Haile Selassie, Africa, Caribbean )
( slang, randomness )Rastafari, puff, Jah, reggae, Haile Selassie, Jamaica, Kingston, Caribbean, Dominican, Zion, Africa, cannabis and 81 more...
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Unusual words for Words With Friends
A list of words that WWF recognizes as valid - most are unusual words; some are simply high-scoring.
botel, slipe, jeu, chub, chubs, cote, mure, tittle, dev, loo, hoke, helo and 357 more...
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Actual and Spectulative Sburb Classes
A list of all known Heroic Classes available to players of the game Sburb within the Homestuck universe, as well as any other words I can think of which would theoretically adhere to the known guid...
heir, seer, knight, witch, maid, page, thief, mage, rogue, sylph, prince, bard and 116 more...
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Take Me To Your Whosit
About leaders, particularly the authority-figure at the top of the tree.
leader, chief, boss, cap'n, executive, president, head, tsar, alpha male, alpha female, conductor, dean and 127 more...
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Léxico de Scrabble Avanzado
Lista de palabras útiles, raras o esotéricas para Scrabble en Español recopiladas de partidas ordinarias.
Todas las palabras se encuentran en el DRAE.
Algunas palabras po...acocarse, ahelear, helear, pirulo, apirularse, sapirulo, pingar, mugar, her, dino, coquee, otri and 588 more...
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scrabble words
good weird words to use hard letters and lots of vowels
qoph, chivy, dipt, dey, penes, vineal, jai, gravid, zill, swale, ataxy, simar and 23 more...
Tweets
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