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View definitions for sheik

sheik

noun as in emir

noun as in ladies' man

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By the 1960s, the Egyptian was a wealthy man who was wheeling and dealing with everyone from Arab sheiks to Papa Doc Duvalier, Haiti's notorious dictator.

From BBC

Al-Hela, a businessman and tribal sheik from Yemen, was first captured in Egypt in 2002 and held overseas before being brought to Guantánamo two years later.

The key piece of evidence was a videotape of Myers meeting an FBI agent posing as an Arab sheik in a motel room at Kennedy International Airport in New York.

They are asked politely by the sheik to refrain from talking during his lesson.

The One and its myriad extravagances are reserved for sheiks and nobles, celebrities and CEOs.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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