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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
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    Hyponym
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    dervish  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fakir  
    variant
    fakir