noun.
A Hindu ascetic or religious mendicant, especially one who performs feats of magic or endurance.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A misspelling of faker.
noun.
A Mohammedan religious mendicant or ascetic “who is in need of mercy, and poor in the sight of God, rather than in need of worldly assistance” (Hughes, Dict. of Islam).
noun.
A Hindu devotee or ascetic; a yogi.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
an Oriental Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic or begging monk who is regarded as a holy man or a wonder worker.