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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
fakir
    n 1: a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy
         man [syn: fakir, fakeer, faqir, faquir]
2. 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]
3. 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.]
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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