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sherif

sherif is the alternative form of shereef.

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.

Proper noun capitalized: Sherif

Sherif (plural Sherifs)

  1. A surname from Arabic.

Forms of sherif

Noun
pluralsherifs
Proper noun
pluralSherifs

Origin of sherif

Variant of Sharif.

Questions about sherif

What does sherif mean?
Sherif means a surname from Arabic.
What is sherif the alternative form of?
Sherif is the alternative form of shereef.
What part of speech is sherif?
Sherif is a proper noun.

Words near sherif in the dictionary

  1. Sheridan
  2. Sheridan County
  3. Sheridan's threadfin
  4. sheridanite
  5. sheridanites
  6. sherif
  7. sherifa
  8. sherifas
  9. sheriff
  10. sheriff clerk
  11. sheriff clerks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sherif (page history and authors); Sherif (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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