sheikh
noun
1.
Origin
From Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ, “elder”). Sense 4 (“a romantic lover”) is from the 1921 film The Sheik.
Phrases
- shaykh al-Islam
- sheik al-Yahud
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Broader terms
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