Obs. Also 7 becg. [a. Osmanli beg ‘prince, governor,’ now pronounced as bey: see BEY, and cf. BEGUM.] A bey. Now only used as part of Eastern names. Beg beg = BEGLERBEG.
1686. Lond. Gaz., No. 2198/3. The Grand Visier had sent a Becg … to desire a treaty. Ibid. (1687), No. 2285/2. The Beg Beg that commanded there … yielded at Discretion.
1818. Jas. Mill, Brit. India (1848), II. 254. Togrul Beg … offered himself as a leader and bond of union to the Turks.
