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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Scheik \Scheik\ (sh[emac]k [or] sh[amac]k), n. See {Sheik}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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d8Sheik \[d8]Sheik\, n. [Ar. sheikh, shaykh, a venerable old man, a chief, fr. sh[be]kha 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}.] | |
