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she⋅rif

  [she-reef]
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–noun
1. a governor of Mecca descended from Muhammad.
2. an Arab chief, prince, or ruler.
Also, sharif, she⋅reef.

Origin:
1590–1600; < Ar sharīf exalted (person)
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she·rif also sha·rif   (shə-rēf')   
n.  

  1. A descendant of the prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima.

  2. The chief magistrate of Mecca in Ottoman times.

  3. A Moroccan prince or ruler.


[Arabic šarīf, noble, from šarufa, to be highborn; see śrp2 in Semitic roots.]
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