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Webster 1913 Edition
Sheik
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Sheik
,Noun.
[Ar.
sheikh
, shaykh
, a venerable old man, a chief, fr. shākha
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
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Sheik
SHEIK
,Noun.