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[syn: fakir, fakeer, faqir, faquir]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Faquir \Fa*quir"\, n.
See Fakir.
[1913 Webster]
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
faquir
n 1: a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy
man [syn: fakir, fakeer, faqir, faquir]