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/beɪ/ · noun
(historical) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish (e.g. Ottoman) dominions..
She was chaperoned by the widow of a Bey whose son had been at Oxford with him, and this gave him the excuse to exchange a few words with her, and then to be presented to the Princess.
Whether his position with the Third Circle made the difference or the fact that he ranked as a bey, life in El Iskandryia was proving easier than he'd ever dreamed possible when he stepped off the plane.
Use bey when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bey means (historical) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish (e.g. Ottoman) dominions..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She was chaperoned by the widow of a Bey whose son had been at Oxford with him, and this gave him the excuse to exchange a few words with her, and then to be presented to the Princess.
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