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Noun: dervish  dur-vish
  1. An ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements
    "The whirling dervish spun in a trance-like state"

Derived forms: dervishes

Type of: fakeer, fakir, faqir, faquir

Encyclopedia: Dervish