Sheik is a term synonymous with great power, respect, and wealth, and often religion.
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Sheik
/ʃeɪk/
Synonyms for "sheik" (49 found)
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5 entriesArab sheikelder sheikoil sheikreligious sheiktribal sheik
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His father was a Sheik, or captain of a tribe of Bedouins, the real desert tribes of Arabs, who live only in tents in an oasis of the desert.
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Tarzan, who, by this time, with the assistance of Abdul, had picked up quite a smattering of Arab, questioned one of the younger men who had accompanied the sheik while the latter paid his respects to Captain Gerard.
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He then studied under a variety of scholars (shuyook) and institutes around the world in his quest for authentic knowledge.
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