What is "fakeer"

fakeer \fakeer\ n. same as fakir.

Syn: fakir.

Fakir \Fa"kir\, n. [Ar. faq[=i]r poor.] an Oriental Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic or begging monk who is regarded as a holy man or a wonder worker. [Written also faquir anf fakeer.]

n. An Eastern religious ascetic or monk.

n. a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man [syn: fakir, faqir, faquir]