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Definition of Sheikh
1. Noun. The leader of an Arab village or family.
Generic synonyms: Ruler, Swayer
Derivative terms: Sheikdom
Definition of Sheikh
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of sheik) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sheikh
1. sheik [n -S] - See also: sheik
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheikh
Literary usage of Sheikh
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Arabs in the Sudan and Some Account of the People who by Harold Alfred Macmichael (1922)
"LXXVI Then he sent sheikh 'Agib walad 'Abdulla and sheikh ... LXXVII And sheikh
Badi remained at his home, the village of Rufa'a, east of the Nile, ..."
2. Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an by Heinrich Barth (1859)
"Sidi Bii-Bakr. f dignity of sheikh. Sidi Mohammed. f These four were only ...
With him the dignity of sheikh was transferred into this branch of the family. ..."
3. Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of by Edward Robinson, Eli Smith (1856)
"sheikh Sulim, Wely, 315. sheikh Salmon el-Faney, eee Salmon. sheikh Shaleh, Till.
127. sheikh taba, тШ. 678. sheikh ..."
4. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sunnuds, Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1865)
"Whoever may enter Aden of sheikh Mehdi's tribe shall be respected and allowed
... If robbery on the roads takes place, either by sheikh Mehdi's tribe or any ..."
5. Biblical Researches in Palestine, and in the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of by Edward Robinson, Eli Smith (1856)
"Beyond this plain, on the east, a spur is thrown off from esh- sheikh, that is,
... It has its beginning in like manner, at the base of Jebel esh-sheikh; ..."
6. Biblical Researches in Palestine, and in the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of by Edward Robinson (1874)
"Beyond this plain, on the east, a spur is thrown off from esh- sheikh, that is,
... It has its beginning in like manner, at the base of Jebel esh-sheikh ..."
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