Shaik

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shaik \Shaik\, n.
     See {Sheik}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Sheik \Sheik\, n. [Ar. sheikh, shaykh, a venerable old man, a
     chief, fr. sh[=a]kha to grow or be old.]
     The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also,
     the chief magistrate of an Arab village. The name is also
     applied to Mohammedan ecclesiastics of a high grade. [Written
     also {scheik}, {shaik}, {sheikh}.]
     [1913 Webster] Sheil