fakir

Plural: fakirs

Noun

• A Muslim or Hindu ascetic, often a wonder-worker.
• a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
• A faqir, owning no personal property and usually living solely off alms.
• An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic.
• Someone who takes advantage of the gullible through fakery, especially of a spiritual or religious nature.

Examples

• He studied the Scrabble dictionary with the devotion of a FAKIR seeking enlightenment.

Synonyms

fakeer, faqir, faquir