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dem | dey |

As a noun dem

is face.

As a proper noun dey is

the tenth solar month of the persian calendar.

dem

English

Pronoun

(English Pronouns)
  • * {{quote-news, 2007, February 25, Sia Michel, Stephen Marley in Tallahassee, M.I.A. in India and Klaxons on Fire, New York Times citation
    • , passage=Go tell dem natty dreadlocks no wear handcuff,” advises Damian Marley, his guest star and younger brother, who accuses the officers of jealousy.}}

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • (in the sense of "those")
    • What are dem fings doing 'ere?
  • (clitic, postfix) A group of.
  • * 2009 , ,
    • Chillin' wiv da man dem
    Jammin' wiv da man dem
    It's all good in the hood wiv da man dem
  • * 2010 , ,
    • I’ve got my peeps dem with me shouting pull up your socks,
    Cos we just broke the law and now we're running from cops.

    Anagrams

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    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

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