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sheik

  [sheek, sheyk]
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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.
Origin:
1570–80; < Ar shaykh old man

Related forms:
sheiklike, adjective
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sheik also sheikh   (shēk, shāk)   
n.  

  1. Islam

    1. A religious official.

    2. A leader of an Arab family or village.

    3. Used as a form of address for such an official or leader.

  2. sheik Slang A romantically alluring man.


[Arabic šayḫ, old man, chief, from šāḫa, to grow old; see śyḫ in Semitic roots.]
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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 it a 1920s sense of "strong, romantic lover."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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