dervish

Noun
  1. An ascetic Muslim monk;
    A member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements (synset 110025999)
    is a type of: fakeer, fakir, faqir, faquir - a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
    subtypes: whirler, whirling dervish - a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling

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