Crossword-Solution: SHERIF
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Sherif | n. | A member of an Arab princely family descended from Mohammed through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima. The Grand Shereef is the governor of Mecca. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SHERIF | anagram | FISHER |
We have 9 clues for the answer “SHERIF”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Chief magistrate of Mecca | 1 answer |
| Moroccan prince | 1 answer |
| Moslem dignitary. | 1 answer |
| Arab prince (Var.) | 2 answers |
| MECCA governor | 2 answers |
| Arab prince | 4 answers |
| Sheriff | 5 answers |
| Arab chief | 7 answers |
| Muslim official | 8 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
REAA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with SHERIF (5)
Their common original appears to be Novairi.] 104 (return) [ Tripoli (says the Nubian geographer, or more properly the Sherif al Edrisi) urbs fortis, saxeo muro vallata, sita prope littus maris Hanc expugnavit Rogerius, qui mulieribus captivis ductis, viros pere mit.] 105 (return) [ See the geography of Leo Africanus, (in Ramusio tom.
With their usual knowledge of Oriental affairs, they describe the ambassador as a sherif, who, like the syncellus of the patriarch, was the vicar and successor of the caliph.] 20 (return) [ From William of Tyre I have borrowed this distinction of Turks and Turkmans, which at least is popular and convenient.
Toward the end he had a heavy frown of perplexity and fidgeted as he read: --and I began to think I could keep things quiet till you came or those wretched white people got their schooner off, when Sherif Daman arrived from the north on the very day he was expected, with two Illanun praus.
With her dagger blade she cut its silk, opened it, and read aloud, always in the same quiet voice, translating as she read:— “In the name of Allah the One, the All-merciful, to my niece, aforetime the princess of Baalbec, Rosamund D’Arcy by name, now a fugitive hidden in a convent of the Franks in the city el-Kuds Esh-sherif, the holy city of Jerusalem: “Niece,—All my promises to you I have performed, and more, since for your sake I spared the lives of your cousins, the twin knights.
The outlaw-es shot was so strong, That no man might them drive, And the proud sherif-es men They fled away full blive.
Quotes with SHERIF (1)
The Howeitat spread out along the cliffs to return the peasants' fire. This manner of going displeased Auda, the old lion, who raged that a mercenary village folk should dare to resist their secular masters, the Abu Tayi. So he jerked his halter, cantered his mare down the path, and rode out plain to view beneath the easternmost houses of the village. There he reined in, and shook a hand at them, booming in his wonderful voice: 'Dogs, do you not know Auda?' When they realized…
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Appears in: LAT, NYT, Universal, WSJ.
Used 13 times in crossword archives (1958–2017).