See also:

• DEY (an adaptation of the Turk. dai, a maternal uncle)

DEY (an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the Turk. dai, a maternal See also:

• UNCLE

uncle)  , an honorary See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title formerly bestowed by the See also:

• TURKS

Turks on elderly men, and appropriated by the See also:

• JANISSARIES (corrupted from Turkish yeni cheri, new troops)

janissaries as the designation of their commanding See also:

• OFFICERS

officers . In See also:

• ALGERIA
• ALGERIA (Algerie)

Algeria the deys of the janissaries became in the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century rulers of that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country (see ALGERIA: See also:

• HISTORY

History) . From the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 16th century to the end of the 17th century the ruler of See also:

• TUNISIA (Regency of Tunis)

Tunisia was also called See also:

• DEY (an adaptation of the Turk. dai, a maternal uncle)

dey, a title frequently used during the same See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period by the sovereigns of See also:

• TRIPOLI
• TRIPOLI (Tarabulus el-Gharb, i.e. Tripoli of the West)
• TRIPOLI, or TARABULUS (anc. Tripolis)

Tripoli .