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BEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bey mean?
• BEY (noun)
The noun BEY has 2 senses:
1. (formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt
2. the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire
Familiarity information: BEY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
he introduced me to Ahmet Bey
Hypernyms ("bey" is a kind of...):
adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))
Sense 2
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)
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