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bey

  [bey]
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–noun, plural beys.
1. a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire.
2. (formerly) a title of respect for Turkish dignitaries.
3. (formerly) the title of the native ruler of Tunis or Tunisia.
Turkish, beg.

Origin:
1590–1600; < Turk, by-form of earlier beg, Old Turkic beg subordinate chief, head of a clan, perh. < a MChin word akin to Chin bǎi hundred (Guangdong dial. baak)
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bey 
"governor of a Turkish district," 1599, from Turk. bey, a title of honor, the Osmanli equivalent of Turk. beg.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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