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Definition of: sherif
(she·rēf′) noun
1. A member of a princely Moslem family which claims descent from Mohammed through his daughter Fatima.
2. The chief magistrate of Mecca: also grand sherif.
3. An Arab chief. Also she·reef′. [<Arabic sharīf noble]
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