sheik also sheikh (sh k, sh k)n.1. Islam a. A religious official. b. A leader of an Arab family or village. c. Used as a form of address for such an official or leader. 2. sheik Slang A romantically alluring man.
[Arabic  ay , old man, chief, from a, to grow old; see  y in Semitic roots.] |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  sheik - the leader of an Arab village or familyruler, swayer - a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe" | | 2. |  sheik - a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearancecoxcomb, cockscomb - a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments macaroni - a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms; "Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni" adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" |
Translations sheik sheikh [ʃeɪk] N → jeque m
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| Veiling his clear-cut, lean face in a thin layer of a hard, high cloud, I have seen him, like a wizened robber sheik of the sea, hold up large caravans of ships to the number of three hundred or more at the very gates of the English Channel. On the 25th of November, 1852, after the death of Overweg, his last companion, he plunged into the west, visited Sockoto, crossed the Niger, and finally reached Timbuctoo, where he had to languish, during eight long months, under vexations inflicted upon him by the sheik, and all kinds of ill-treatment and wretchedness. The poor old sheik we saw at Cesarea Philippi with his ragged band of a hundred followers, would have been called a "king" in those ancient times. |