DERVISH

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("dervish" is a kind of...):

fakeer; fakir; faqir; faquir (a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dervish"):

whirler; whirling dervish (a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling)