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(person) by /dev/joe Sun May 07 2000 at 20:31:58
faqir, also spelled fakir, faquir; pl. faqirs, fakirs, faquirs

1a. A Muslim mendicant; dervish.
1b. An itinerant Hindu ascetic or wonder-worker
2. Impostor, esp. swindler

Definitions from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition (for fakir)

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