Library / English Dictionary

BEY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("bey" is a kind of...):

governor (the head of a state government)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt

Example:

he introduced me to Ahmet Bey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("bey" is a kind of...):

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))

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