Sheik Definition

zhēk; also, for 1 & 2, zhāk
sheiks
noun
sheiks
The chief of an Arab family, tribe, or village.
Webster's New World
A Muslim religious or community leader.
Webster's New World
A masterful man to whom women are irresistibly attracted.
Webster's New World

The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.

Wiktionary
(1920s) A romantic lover. (from the 1921 film The Sheikh)
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Noun

Singular:
sheik
Plural:
sheiks

Origin of Sheik

  • From Arabic شيخ (Å¡aykh), from شاخ (šākha, “to age, grow old").

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Sheik Sentence Examples

  • Sheik himself invaded Asia Minor and forced the Turkoman states to acknowledge his suzerainty.

  • On the 1st of February 1773 he received information from Cairo that Abul-Dhahab had made himself Sheik al-Balad, and in that capacity was practising unheard-of extortions, which were making Egypt with one voice call for the return of All Bey.

  • The present Sheik of Bahrein (who lives chiefly at Moharek) is of the family of El Kalifa.

  • Avicenna, however, remained hidden for forty days in a sheik's house, till a fresh attack of illness induced the amir to restore him to his post.

  • He thereby excited the suspicions of the Sheik al-Balad Khalil Bey, who organized an attack upon him in the streets of Cairo, in consequence of which he fled to Upper Egypt.

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Words Starting With

SSHSHE

Words Ending With

KIKEIK

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Words Starting With S and Ending With K

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