sherif

Related to sherif: serif, Muzafer Sherif

she·rif

also sha·rif (shə-rēf′)

1. A descendant of the prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima.

2. The chief magistrate of Mecca in Ottoman times.

3. A Moroccan prince or ruler.

[Arabic šarīf, noble, from šarufa, to be highborn; see śrp in Semitic roots.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

sherif

(ʃɛˈriːf) or

shereef

;

sharif

n, pl ashraf

1. (Islam) a descendant of Mohammed through his daughter Fatima

2. (Islam) (formerly) the governor of Mecca

3. (Islam) an honorific title accorded to any Muslim ruler

[C16: from Arabic sharīf noble]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

she•rif

sha•rif

(ʃəˈrif)

n.

1. a governor of Mecca descended from Muhammad.

2. an Arab chief, prince, or ruler.

[1590–1600; < Arabic sharīf exalted (person)]

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