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Faquir

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See fakir.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See fakir.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Obsolete spelling of fakir.
  • 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
    "The latter had the character of a pretender to devotion, and, in his copy, there was this addition, "You would not be such a fool, my dear Duke, as to be a 'faquir' -- confess that you would be very glad to be one of those good monks who lead such a jolly life.""
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    dervish  
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    fakir