sheik

[ sheek, sheyk ]

/ ʃik, ʃeɪk /

Also shaikh, sheikh. (in Islamic countries) the patriarch of a tribe or family; chief: a term of polite address.

Slang. a man held to be masterful and irresistibly charming to women.

Origin of sheik

First recorded in 1570–80, sheik is from the Arabic word shaykh old man

sheik·like, adjective

shake sheik (see synonym study at shake)

One of the most important rooms in the temple is the shrine of Sheik Adi ibn Musafir.

Fighting Back With Faith: Inside the Yezidis’ Iraqi Temple |Michael Luongo |August 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Yezidis believe Sheik Adi was the possible reincarnation of Tawuse Melek.

Fighting Back With Faith: Inside the Yezidis’ Iraqi Temple |Michael Luongo |August 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“They are army, not militia,” the sheik repeated throughout our conversation.

The Brewing Battle for Baghdad |Jacob Siegel |August 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The sheik seemed to keep his young fighter on hand for meetings with journalists.

The Brewing Battle for Baghdad |Jacob Siegel |August 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Sheik Rogo used to say my mother was fair: she gave one son to Obama and the other to Osama.

Death Squads in Kenya’s Shadow War on Shabaab Sympathizers |Margot Kiser |April 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The sheik had hardly finished speaking before we heard a low wailing chant coming from beyond the fatal chamber.

The Treasure of the Tigris |A. F. Mockler Ferryman
The Sheik was not a good specimen of the effect produced by the diet to which he is subjected.

Eothen |A. W. Kinglake
The sheik pointed out to me the position of the water-skins, and two outlying horses which he had decided that we should seize.

The Treasure of the Tigris |A. F. Mockler Ferryman
The sheik has his hips covered with a kind of petticoat gathered into pleats in front.

A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (of 2) |Georges Perrot
When the sheik required the services of any of them, the selected fedais 775 were intoxicated with the hashīsh.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 |Various