DEY

I. noun

or deye ˈdī

( plural deyes )

Etymology: Middle English deye, from Old English dǣge kneader of bread — more at dairy

now chiefly Scotland : dairymaid

II. ˈdā noun

( -s )

Etymology: French, from Turkish dayı, literally, maternal uncle

: a ruling official of the Ottoman empire in northern Africa ; especially : a governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830