(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:35:39

Fa"kir (?), n. [Ar. faqIr poor.]

An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk. [Written also faquir anf fakeer.]

 

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Fa"kir (?), n. [Prob. confused with Fakir an oriental ascetic.]

See Faker.

 

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