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fakir

noun

fa·​kir
1
\ fə-​ˈkir How to pronounce fakir (audio) , fä-​ , fa-​ ; ˈfā-​kər \
a
: a Muslim mendicant : dervish
b
: an itinerant Hindu ascetic or wonder-worker
2
ˈfā-kər How to pronounce fakir (audio) : impostor
especially : swindler

Example Sentences

a traveling carnival that was run by fakirs preying on small-town rubes a fakir peddling patent medicines that were mostly liquor and sugar
Recent Examples on the Web Bankman-Fried has refined the persona of a dishevelled, savantlike techno-fakir. Gideon Lewis-kraus, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022 To be fair, the new nationalists have done their best, explicitly and repeatedly, to distance their emerging movement from white nationalists, alt-right fakirs, strident isolationists, and other assorted cranks. John Hood, National Review, 28 Aug. 2019

Word History

Etymology

Arabic faqīr, literally, poor man

First Known Use

1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of fakir was in 1609
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