sheik

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
sheik
    n 1: the leader of an Arab village or family [syn: {sheik},
         {tribal sheik}, {sheikh}, {tribal sheikh}, {Arab chief}]
    2: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
       [syn: {dandy}, {dude}, {fop}, {gallant}, {sheik}, {beau},
       {swell}, {fashion plate}, {clotheshorse}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "sheik":
      Casanova, Don Juan, Lothario, Romeo, amoroso, beau, boyfriend,
      caballero, cavalier, cavaliere servente, esquire, fellow, flame,
      gallant, gigolo, inamorato, lady-killer, love-maker, man, necker,
      old man, petter, philanderer, seducer, squire, sugar daddy, swain,
      young man

    

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