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Definition of Arab chief

1. Noun. The leader of an Arab village or family.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arab Chief

Literary usage of Arab chief

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Carruthers (1849)
"[Remark by an Arab chief."} An Arab chieftain, one of the most powerful of the princes of the desert, had come to behold for the first time a steam-ship. ..."

2. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of by Robert Chambers (1844)
"... by an Arab chief.'] An Arab chieftain, one of the most powerful of the princes of the desert, had come to behold for the first time a steam-ship. ..."

3. History of Europe from the Fall of Napoleon in MDCCCXV to the Accession of by Archibald Alison (1858)
"concluded, and t he terms of peace agreed on. The jjj n-jy . Cap al Bugeaud on parting, and assured Arab chief shook hands with Gener- i ..."

4. Mesopotamia and Assyria by James Baillie Fraser (1842)
"Expenditure of an Arab chief.—March towards Sook el Shi- cok.—Arab Bravado.—Hospitality.—Madan Arabs.—Their Houses— And Flocks of Buffaloes. ..."

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