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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bey \Bey\ (b[=a]), n. [See {Beg} a bey.]
     A governor of a province or district in the Turkish
     dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg;
     as, the bey of Tunis.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bey
       n 1: (formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt;
            "he introduced me to Ahmet Bey"
       2: the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "bey":
     Dalai Lama, Holy Roman Emperor, Inca, Kaiser, ardri, beg,
     beglerbeg, burgrave, cacique, caesar, cham, collector, czar, dey,
     eparch, exarch, gauleiter, governor, governor-general, kaid, khan,
     khedive, lieutenant governor, mikado, nabob, nawab, negus,
     padishah, palatine, pendragon, pharaoh, proconsul, provincial, rig,
     sachem, sagamore, satrap, shah, sheikh, shogun, stadtholder,
     subahdar, tenno, tetrarch, tycoon, vali, vice-king, viceroy,
     wali
  
  

















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