Definition of "fakirs" [fakirs]

• Plural form of fakir. (noun)

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• "There is another kind of beggars called fakirs; they are just as wicked and foolish as the sunnyasees; but they are Mahomedans and not Brahmins."
• "In Benares especially, but also in any other town, the shrivelled self-torturers called "fakirs" may be seen in the streets."
• "They suffer from the "fakirs" even more than do the people of the United States who read the stories of both, and who confound the sensation-mongers with those who go to find the truth at the risk of their lives."