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Definition of sheikh noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sheikh

noun
 
/ʃeɪk/,
 
/ʃiːk/
 
/ʃeɪk/,
 
/ʃiːk/
(also shaikh
 
/ʃeɪk/
 
/ʃeɪk/
)
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  1. an Arab prince or leader; the head of an Arab family, village, etc.Topics People in societyc2
  2. a leader in a Muslim community or organization
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: based on Arabic šayk̲ ‘old man, sheikh’, from šāk̲a ‘be or grow old’.
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