Definitions from Wiktionary (Dervish)

▸ noun:  A member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars.
▸ noun:  (historical) A citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), the Dhulbahante anti-colonial polity geographically corresponding with Khaatumo.
▸ noun:  (Islam) An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.
▸ noun:  (historical) A citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), an anti-colonial polity in modern Somalia headed by Sufis.
▸ noun:  (historical) One of the followers of Muhammad Ahmad, the Mahdi of the Sudan, in the 1880s.
▸ noun:  (by extension) Any irregular guerrilla fighter resembling the Sudanese Mahdi in equipment, uniform, tactics, etc.

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