| Dey 1. (n.) A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid. 2. (n.) The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830. Thesaurus Entries 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 | ![]() |