derebey

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Etymology

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Noun

derebey (plural derebeys)

  1. (historical) a feudal lord in the Ottoman Empire
    • 1989, T. A. Sinclair, Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey:
      A separate institution in Rize from the derebeylik was the great Tuzcuoglu family which eventually was to precipitate the crushing of the derebeys as semi-autonomous local powers.