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scherif

scherif is the alternative form of shereef.

scherif is the alternative form of xeriff.

Meaning of shereef

Noun

shereef (plural shereefs)

  1. (historical) A member of an Arab princely family descended from Muhammad through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima, the "Grand Shereef" being the governor of Mecca.

Forms of scherif

pluralscherifs

Questions about scherif

What is scherif the alternative form of?
Scherif is the alternative form of shereef.

Words near scherif in the dictionary

  1. Scherer
  2. Scherers
  3. Schererville
  4. Scherf
  5. Scherfs
  6. scherif
  7. scherifs
  8. Schering bridge
  9. Schering bridges
  10. scherm
  11. Scherman

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scherif (page history and authors); shereef (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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