bey /beɪ/ noun2 •In various other places, a prince or nobleman. •(historical) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish (e.g. Ottoman) dominions.She was chaperoned by the widow of a Bey whose son had been at Oxford with him, and this gave him the excuse to exchange a few words with her, and then to be presented to the Princess. — 1978 formsbeys