sherif

Also she·reef;

[she-reef]

noun

1. a governor of Mecca descended from Muhammad.

2. an Arab chief, prince, or ruler.

sherif

/ ʃɛˈriːf /

noun

1. a descendant of Mohammed through his daughter Fatima

2. (formerly) the governor of Mecca

3. an honorific title accorded to any Muslim ruler

Word History and Origins

Origin of sherif¹

First recorded in 1590–1600, sherif is from the Arabic word sharīf “exalted (person)”

Word History and Origins

Origin of sherif¹

C16: from Arabic sharīf noble

Example Sentences

"This is the first royal tomb to be discovered since the ground-breaking find of King Tutankhamun's burial chamber in 1922," said Egypt's minister of tourism and antiquities Sherif Fathy.

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A nurse told him Sherif was OK.

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But Sherif, his brother, did not survive.

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But in a recent interview, the board’s president, Dr. Sherif Zaafran, acknowledged that these efforts only go so far and the group has no power over criminal law: “There’s nothing we can do to stop a prosecutor from filing charges against the physicians.”

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Black Sherif - who hails from Konongo town in the Ashanti region, which has been badly affected by the illegal mining - stopped his set at The Tidal Rave Concert in Accra earlier this month to show a video of the devastation.

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