Fakir

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

fakir
    n 1: a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy
         man [syn: {fakir}, {fakeer}, {faqir}, {faquir}]

from 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]

from 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.]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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