Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bey"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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


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