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noun
1.
Also, shaikh, sheikh. (in Islamic countries) the patriarch of a tribe or family; chief: a term of polite address.
2.
Slang. a man held to be masterful and irresistibly charming to women.
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Sheik
is always a great word to know.
So is brown-nose. Does it mean:
| a person who is notably honest, moral, or innocent |
| to seek favors from a person in an obsequious manner, to fawn over |
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Word Origin & History
sheik
"head of an Arab family," also "head of a Muslim religious order," 1577, from Arabic shaykh "chief," lit. "old man," from base of shakha "to grow old." Popularized by "The Sheik," novel in Arabian setting by E.M. Hull (1919), and movie version "The Sheikh," 1921, starring Rudolph Valentino, which gave
EXPANDit a 1920s sense of "strong, romantic lover."
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