Fakir

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fakir \Fa"kir\, n. [Prob. confused with {Fakir} an oriental
     ascetic.]
     See {Faker}.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fakir
       n : a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy
           man [syn: {fakeer}, {faqir}, {faquir}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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