📖 Definitions of "Shaykh"
noun
- 1
The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.
- 2
An Islamic religious cleric; the leader of an Islamic religious order.
- 3
(some Arab Gulf countries) An official title for members of the royal family as well as some prominent families.
- 4
(1920s) A romantic lover. (from the 1921 film The Sheik)
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