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Fakeer
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
See
fakir
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
same as
fakir
.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
An Eastern religious
ascetic
or
monk
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
Word Usage
"After a year or two had passed by, the king heard one day that the fakeer was very ill — indeed, he was believed to be dying."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
Moslem
Muslim
angel
holy man
holy person
Hyponym
Words that are more specific
dervish
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
fakir
variant
fakir