dey
A servant who has charge of the dairyA servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
» Dey is over.
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2 senses(Scotland, UK, dialectal)A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
(historical)The ruler of the Regency of Algiers (now Algeria) under the Ottoman Empire.
Examples
1 sentencesDey is over.
Origin
From Middle English deye, deie, daie, from Old English dǣġe (“maker of bread; baker; dairyFrom Middle English deye, deie, daie, from Old English dǣġe (“maker of bread; baker; dairy-maid”), from Proto-West Germanic *daigijā, from Proto-Germanic *daigijǭ (“kneader of bread, maid”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form, build”). Cognate with Swedish deja, Icelandic deigja (“dairy-maid”); compare dairy, dough, lady.
From French dey, from Algerian Arabic داي from Ottoman Turkish دایی (modern Turkish dayı).
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