Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fakir"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fakir \Fa"kir\, n. [Prob. confused with {Fakir} an oriental
ascetic.]
See {Faker}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fakir \Fa"kir\, n. [Ar. faq[=i]r poor.]
An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk. [Written also
{faquir} anf {fakeer}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fakir
n : a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy
man [syn: {fakeer}, {faqir}, {faquir}]
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