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[syn: fakir, fakeer, faqir, faquir]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fakir \Fa"kir\, n. [Ar. faq[imac]r poor.]
an Oriental Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic or begging monk
who is regarded as a holy man or a wonder worker. [Written
also faquir anf fakeer.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fakir \Fa"kir\, n. [Prob. confused with Fakir an oriental
ascetic.]
See Faker.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fakir
n 1: a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy
man [syn: fakir, fakeer, faqir, faquir]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "fakir":
Albigensian, Catharist, Franciscan, Sabbatarian, Trappist,
Waldensian, abdal, abstainer, anchorite, ascetic, bhikshu, dervish,
flagellant, hajji, hermit, imam, mendicant, muezzin, mufti, mullah,
murshid, puritan, qadi, sannyasi, santon, sheikh, yogi, yogin