Definitions for fakirfəˈkɪər, ˈfeɪ kər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fa•kirfəˈkɪər, ˈfeɪ kər(n.)
also fa•keer′
a Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic or mendicant monk commonly considered a wonder-worker.
Category: Eastern Religions
a member of any Islamic religious order.
Category: Eastern Religions
Origin of fakir:
1600–10; < Ar faqīr poor
Princeton's WordNet
fakir, fakeer, faqir, faquir(noun)
a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
Wiktionary
fakir(Noun)
A faqir.
fakir(Noun)
an ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic
Origin: From فقير ("poor man").
Webster Dictionary
Fakir(noun)
an Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Fakir
a member of an order of monkish mendicants in India and adjoining countries who, from presumed religious motives, practise or affect lives of severe self-mortification, but who in many cases cultivate filthiness of person to a disgusting degree.
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