عريف
doesn't appear in Hans Wehr's Modern Standard Arabic dictionary, but
Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon has
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Select the entry below for the full classical Arabic definition.
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عَرِيفٌ
عَرِيفٌ ذ : see عَارِفٌ, first sentence. -b2- [Hence,] One who knows his companions: pl. عُرَفَآءُ. (O, K.) The chief, or head, (Mgh, K, TA,) of a people, or party; (K, TA;) because he knows the states, or conditions, o…
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