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