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fakir Definition

fa·kir (fə kir′)

noun

  1. a member of a Muslim holy sect who lives by begging
  2. a Hindu ascetic
  3. any Muslim or Hindu itinerant beggar, often one reputed to perform marvels
Also sp. fakeer fa·keer′

Etymology: Ar faqīr, lit., poor, a poor man

fakir Synonyms

fakir

n.

dervish, holy beggar, yogi, mendicant; see ascetic.

fakir Quotes

It is alarming and odious to see Mr Gandhi, a seditious MiddleTemple lawyer, now posing as a fakir of a type well-known in the East, striding half-naked up the steps of the vice-regal palace, while he is still conducting a defiant campaign of civil disobedience, to parley on equal terms with the representative of the King- Emperor.

—Churchill, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer

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