What does "dey" mean?
Dey: A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Additional senses
- 2.The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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