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1. fakir, n. View full entry 1609
...‘Properly an indigent person, but specially applied to a Mahommedan religious mendicant, and then loosely, and inaccurately, to Hindu devotees and naked ascetics’ (Yule)....
2. mujahid, n. and adj. View full entry 1885
...A person (esp. a guerrilla) who strives or fights in support of Islam; spec. an Islamic fundamentalist guerrilla. Also (in quot. 1921) irreg.: = mujahidin...
3. timar, n. View full entry 1598
...Formerly, in the feudal system of Turkey, a fief held by military service: see quots....
