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fa⋅kir

[fuh-keer, fey-ker]
–noun
1. a Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic or mendicant monk commonly considered a wonder-worker.
2. a member of any Islamic religious order; dervish.
Also, fa⋅keer [fuh-keer] .


Origin:
1600–10; < Ar faqīr poor
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