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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the leader of an Arab village or family [syn: sheik, tribal sheik, sheikh, tribal sheikh, Arab chief]

Merriam Webster's

or sheik noun Etymology: Arabic shaykh Date: 1577 1. an Arab chief 2. (usually sheik) a man held to be irresistibly attractive to romantic young women

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also shaikh, sheik) 1 a chief or head of an Arab tribe, family, or village. 2 a Muslim leader. Derivatives: sheikhdom n. Etymology: ult. f. Arab. sayk old man, sheikh, f. saka be or grow old

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sheik Sheik, n. [Ar. sheikh, shaykh, a venerable old man, a chief, fr. sh[=a]kha to grow or be old.] The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also, the chief magistrate of an Arab village. The name is also applied to Mohammedan ecclesiastics of a high grade. [Written also scheik, shaik, sheikh.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(sheikhs) A sheikh is a male Arab chief or ruler. ...Sheikh Khalifa. ...the sheik's role in global oil affairs. N-TITLE; N-COUNT

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