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dey | def |

As a proper noun dey

is the tenth solar month of the persian calendar.

As an abbreviation def is

deficit.

As an adjective def is

(us|slang) very good (short for "definitive" or "definitely").

dey

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) deye, deie, daie, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* daie, deie, deye

Noun

(en noun)
  • A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The title given to the ruler of the (now Algeria) under the Ottoman Empire.
  • *1977 , (Alistair Horne), A Savage War of Peace , New York Review Books 2006, p. 29:
  • *:the reigning Dey of Algiers (half of whose twenty-eight predecessors are said to have met violent ends) lost his temper with the French consul, struck him in the face with a fly-whisk, and called him ‘a wicked, faithless, idol-worshipping rascal’.

    • Etymology 3

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)

    • References

    * *

    Anagrams

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    def

    English

    (wikipedia def)

    Abbreviation

    def.
  • deficit
  • definitely
  • definition

    • Adjective

    (deffer)
  • (US, slang) very good (short for "definitive" or "definitely")

    • Statistics

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    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • daf
  • tambourine

    • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun , d?f, dèfovi , defa, defova , defu, defovima , def, defove , defe, defovi , defu, defovima , defom, defovima }}

    See also

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