Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

زَعِيمٌ

Root: زعم

Full Definition

زَعِيمٌ Responsible, answerable, amenable, surety, or guarantee. Hence, in the Kur [xii. 72], وَأَنَا بِهِ زَعِيمٌ [And I am responsible for it].
2 Also The chief, lord, master, or prince, or a people; or [in the CK “ and ”] their spokesman: their chief is thus called because he speaks for them; like as he is called قَيْلٌ and مِقْوَلٌ: pl. زُعَمَآءُ.

def.2 Also Described; syn. مَوْصُوفٌ.


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