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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sheik /ʃik; also ʃeɪk/USA pronunciation n. - Eastern ReligionsAlso, sheikh. (in Arab countries) the male leader, usually an elder, of a tribe or family;
chief: [countable]seated near sheiks and princes.[proper noun]Sheik Faisal.
sheik•dom, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sheik (shēk, shāk),USA pronunciation n. - Eastern ReligionsAlso, shaikh, sheikh. (in Islamic countries) the patriarch of a tribe or family;
chief: a term of polite address. - Slang Termsa man held to be masterful and irresistibly charming to women.
- Arabic shaykh old man
- 1570–80
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