fakir
noun
fa·kir
Synonyms
Examples of fakir in a Sentence
a traveling carnival that was run by fakirs preying on small-town rubes
a fakir peddling patent medicines that were mostly liquor and sugar
Recent Examples on the Web
Bankman-Fried has refined the persona of a dishevelled, savantlike techno-fakir.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
To be fair, the new nationalists have done their best, explicitly and repeatedly, to distance their emerging movement from white nationalists, alt-right fakirs, strident isolationists, and other assorted cranks.
—John Hood, National Review, 28 Aug. 2019
Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
To be fair, the new nationalists have done their best, explicitly and repeatedly, to distance their emerging movement from white nationalists, alt-right fakirs, strident isolationists, and other assorted cranks.
—John Hood, National Review, 28 Aug. 2019
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“Fakir.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fakir. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.
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fakir
noun
fa·kir
fə-ˈki(ə)r 
fä-
fä-
fa-;
ˈfā-kər
1
: a Muslim beggar : dervish
2
: a wandering Hindu holy person who performs feats of magic
Etymology
from Arabic faqir, literally, "poor man"
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