What is "faquir"

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. (obsolete spelling of fakir English)

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