- sheik or sheikh
- sheik or sheikh [ ʃik, ʃeık ] noun count1. ) a male leader in an Arab country. The area or country that he rules is called a sheikdom.2. ) a Muslim religious leader
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sheik or sheikh
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sheik — or sheikh [shēk;shāk] n. [Ar shaikh, lit., old man < shākha, to grow old] 1. the chief of an Arab family, tribe, or village 2. an official in the Muslim religious organization 3. [after E. M. Hull s novel, The Sheik (1921)] [Old Slang] Slang… … English World dictionary
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sheikh — sheik UK [ʃeɪk] / UK [ʃiːk] / US [ʃɪk] / US [ʃeɪk] or sheikh UK / US noun [countable] Word forms sheik : singular sheik plural sheiks 1) a male leader in an Arab country. The area or country that he rules is called a sheikdom. 2) a Muslim… … English dictionary
sheikh — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
