bey

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Scrabble points: 8
Words With Friends: 8
Letters: 3

Pronunciation

/beɪ/(UK)

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/beɪ/(UK) · /bæɪ/ · /beɪ/

Definition of bey

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(historical)A governor of a province or district in the Turkish (e.g. Ottoman) dominions.

“She was chaperoned by the widow of a Bey whose son had been at Oxford with him, and this gave him the excuse to exchange a few words with her, and then to be presented to the Princess.”
“Whether his position with the Third Circle made the difference or the fact that he ranked as a bey, life in El Iskandryia was proving easier than he'd ever dreamed possible when he stepped off the plane.”

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noun

(historical)A governor of a province or district in the Turkish (e.g. Ottoman) dominions.

“She was chaperoned by the widow of a Bey whose son had been at Oxford with him, and this gave him the excuse to exchange a few words with her, and then to be presented to the Princess.”
“Whether his position with the Third Circle made the difference or the fact that he ranked as a bey, life in El Iskandryia was proving easier than he'd ever dreamed possible when he stepped off the plane.”
in various other places, a prince or nobleman

name

A surname.
Beyoncé.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بك (bey, “gentleman, chief”), from Old Anatolian Turkish بك (beg, “ruler”), from Proto-Turkic *bēg (“lord”). See there for more.