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Meanings of fakir in inglés

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факир
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faquir
catalán
faquir
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A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man.

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Usage of fakir in inglés
1
The bark of the fakir rasped the tightening nerves of the town.
The Court of Boyville
2
What the Indian fakir does in a cataleptic condition may be duplicated.
The Dream Doctor
3
He started off toward the cell where he had imprisoned the fakir.
Told in the East
4
The fakir shuddered, evidently thinking that the charge was intended for himself.
Told in the East
5
It is vanity, of an iron-bound kind, that makes the wandering fakir.
Told in the East
6
A soldier seized the noose, and slipped it over the fakir's head.
Told in the East
7
If you think, and think rightly, the fakir does not get you.
Dollars and Sense
8
I think Humphrey's a fakir, and all this sort of thing tommyrot.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
9
I'll take the fakir up there too where he's out of mischief!
Told in the East
10
The fakir enthusiastically promised that the Moth comes only once in twenty years.
Hiding the Elephant
11
So they believed the fakir, and retired to the seclusion of their houses.
Told in the East
12
The Beluchi gave a warning cry, and the fakir tumbled off his dais.
Told in the East
13
And through the back of the closed fist the fakir's nails were growing.
Told in the East
14
In a measure, Rose was right when she dubbed him fakir.
Far to Seek / A Romance of England and India
15
Now it was gone I felt as poor and naked as a fakir.
Falk: A Reminiscence
16
The fakir either slept with his eyes open or else dispensed with sleep.
Told in the East
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