Dey
Dey , noun
[See Dairy.]
A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
Dey , noun
[Turkish dāi, orig., a maternal uncle, then a friendly title formerly given to middle-aged or old people, especially among the Janizaries; and hence, in Algiers, consecrated at length to the commanding officer of that corps, who frequently became afterward pasha or regent of that province; hence the European misnomer of dey, as applied to the latter: compare French dey.]
The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.