Usually means: Ascetic practicing extreme self-discipline, poverty.
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  1. fakir: Merriam-Webster
  2. fakir: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fakir: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fakir: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fakir: Vocabulary.com
  6. Fakir, fakir: Wordnik
  7. fakir: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. fakir: Wiktionary
  9. fakir: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. fakir: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. fakir: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Fakir, fakir: Dictionary.com
  13. fakir: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Fakir (disambiguation), Fakir (name), Fakir: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Fakir: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. fakir: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. fakir: Rhymezone
  18. Fakir: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. fakir: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. fakir: FreeDictionary.org
  21. fakir: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. fakir: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. Fakir: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  24. fakir: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. The Fakir, fakir: Encyclopedia

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  3. fakir: The Skeptic's Dictionary

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  1. fakir: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. fakir: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fakir)

▸ noun:  (Islam) A faqir, owning no personal property and usually living solely off alms.
▸ noun:  (Hinduism, more loosely) An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic.
▸ noun:  (derogatory) Someone who takes advantage of the gullible through fakery, especially of a spiritual or religious nature.

Similar:
faqir, faquir, fakeer, faqeer, faqirism, fqih, munafiq, fasiq, kafir, wakif, more...

Opposite:
rich person, wealthy person, millionaire, billionaire

Phrases:
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, Salem Al Fakir, Fakir Musafar, The Fakir of Venice, Fakir Mohan Senapati, more...

Adjectives:
indian, old, naked, muslim, hindu, poor, mad, hindoo, holy, young, mohammedan

Colors:
    saffron,     ochre,     maroon,     burgundy,     rust, more...


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Similar:
faqir, faquir, fakeer, faqeer, faqirism, fqih, munafiq, fasiq, kafir, wakif, more...

Opposite:
rich person, wealthy person, millionaire, billionaire

Phrases:
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, Salem Al Fakir, Fakir Musafar, The Fakir of Venice, Fakir Mohan Senapati, Allan Fakir, Nanak Shah Fakir, Duke Fakir, more...

Adjectives:
indian, old, naked, muslim, hindu, poor, mad, hindoo, holy, young, mohammedan

Colors:
    saffron,     ochre,     maroon,     burgundy,     rust, more...



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