Bey

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire.
  • n. A ruler of the former kingdom of Tunis.
  • n. Used as the title for such a ruler.
  • n. Used formerly as a title for various Turkish and Egyptian dignitaries.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The governor of a minor province or sanjak of the Turkish empire.
  • n. A title of respect given in Turkey to members of princely families, sons of pashas, military officers above the rank of major, the wealthy gentry, and, by courtesy, to eminent foreigners.
  • n. The title usually given by foreigners to the former Mohammedan rulers of Tunis. Frequently written beg.
  • A Middle English form of buy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire
  • n. (formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    governor    adult male    man   
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    beg   
    Rhyme
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