sheik
The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.
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.
An Islamic religious cleric; the leader of an Islamic religious order.
(some Arab Gulf countries) An official title for members of the royal family as well as some prominent families.
(dated) A romantic lover.
When your last natural tooth goes, the time when you can kid yourself that you're a Hollywood sheik, is definitely at an end.
(slang) An Arab, especially one dressed in traditional clothing.
An honorific for specialists in spirituality, for example in Sufism.