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dey | deg |

As a proper noun dey

is the tenth solar month of the persian calendar.

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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    deg

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Short for degree

    • See also

    * grad * rad

    Verb

    (degg)
  • (Northern England, dialect) To sprinkle, moisten.
  • *1881 , Gerard Manley Hopkins, ''
  • *:Degged with dew, dappled with dew
  • *:Are the groins of the braes that the brook treads through

    • Anagrams

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