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FakirSource: 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] Source: 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.] Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
fakir
n : a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy
man [syn: fakeer, faqir, faquir]
Source: 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 Matching Word(s) Fair Dakir faker fair faqir FAIR
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