tribal sheik

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   the leader of an Arab village or family

   Synonymssheiksheikhtribal sheikhArab chief

   Broaderruler

Questions about tribal sheik

What does tribal sheik mean?

tribal sheik means "the leader of an Arab village or family".

What is another word for tribal sheik?

Close synonyms include sheik, sheikh, tribal sheikh, Arab chief. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tribal sheik a common word?

tribal sheik is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.