Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A descendant of the prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima.
- noun The chief magistrate of Mecca in Ottoman times.
- noun A Moroccan prince or ruler.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A descendant of Mohammed through his daughter Fatima.
- noun A prince or ruler; specifically, the chief magistrate of Mecca.
- noun A high dignitary having both temporal and spiritual authority among the Sulus and other Mohammedans of the Philippine Islands.
- noun A simplified spelling of
sheriff .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And the guys is a liar (his rates in fighting crime are very low, probably the lowest in the State of Arizona, and he poses as a succesful sherif)!!!
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May 3rd, 2010 5: 23 pm ET sherif Joe would make a helluva president. its bout time we got rid of all the colored rifraf. america for americans
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Eventually, a masculine oral Hodge who had after been a sherif in Virginia, stepped contemptuous to renew his blessings as good as thanks.
Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009
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Eventually, a masculine oral Hodge who had after been a sherif in Virginia, stepped contemptuous to renew his blessings as good as thanks.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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Interesting that the "no" votes are coming from portions of King County that rely on the sherif as police.
“There is No Politically Correct Way to Clean Up this Country.” « PubliCola 2010
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The violence escalated after my mom died to the point to where if sherif Johnny France hadn't come and taken us away, I can guarantee that we wouldn't have lived another month or two.
Zorianna Kit: Star of Buck Speaks Out About What You Didn't See in the Film Zorianna Kit 2011
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At the very time Britain was telling Weizmann and others Jews that next year they might really be in Jerusalem, it was also promising much of the Arab world to Hussein Ibn Ali, sherif of Mecca and a trusting soul.
The Life of Zion 2010
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High UIC officials (like sheikh sherif sheikh Ahmed) campaigned against the clan discrimination culture in Somalia.
Sound Politics: Discussion of Ethiopia's Intervention in Somalia a Bad Precursor to More Iraq Debate 2007
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Named one fight scene in buffy or BSG that rivaled the scene in rome in the Arena or when Al and the sherif had there fight in the street?
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Diary Entry by virginius "gin" arnold (about the author) yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'There is a new sherif in town'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Already there is talk of reversing some of Bush\'s presidential orders, closing Gitmo ---- there is a new sherif in town!'
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