Sheik

Definitions

1. The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.
2. An Islamic religious cleric; the master of a Sufi order.
3. An official title for members of the royal family as well as some prominent families.
4. A romantic lover.
   archaic, slang
5. An Arab, especially one dressed in traditional clothing.
   slang
6. An honorific for specialists in spirituality, for example in Sufism.

Equivalents

Examples

“Tarzan, who, by this time, with the assistance of Abdul, had picked up quite a smattering of Arab, questioned one of the younger men who had accompanied the sheik while the latter paid his respects to Captain Gerard.”

“He then studied under a variety of scholars (shuyook) and institutes around the world in his quest for authentic knowledge.”

“When your last⟳ natural tooth goes, the time when you can kid yourself that you're a Hollywood sheik, is definitely at an end⟳.”

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