- (in the Ottoman Empire) a title given to senior officers, provincial governors, certain other officials or nobles, and (sometimes) Europeans
- (in modern Turkey) a title of address, corresponding to Mr
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bey
(bā),USA pronunciation n., pl. beys.
- World Historya provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire.
- World History(formerly) a title of respect for Turkish dignitaries.
- World History(formerly) the title of the native ruler of Tunis or Tunisia. Turkish, beg.
- a Middle Chinese word akin to Chinese bǎi hundred (Guangdong dialect, dialectal baak)
- Turkish, by-form of earlier beg, Old Turkic beg subordinate chief, head of a clan, perh.
- 1590–1600
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bey /beɪ/ n
'bey' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
beg
- begum
- bergamot
- Iskander Bey
- Scanderbeg
- Abbey Theatre
- beylic
- Joffrey
- maco
- Northanger Abbey
- Westminster Abbey
- Zog I