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DERVISH

\dˈɜːvɪʃ], \dˈɜːvɪʃ], \d_ˈɜː_v_ɪ_ʃ]\

Definitions of DERVISH

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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One of the fanatical followers of the Mahdi, in the Sudan.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

One of the fanatical followers of the Mahdi, in the Sudan.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A Mohammedan monk who professes extreme poverty, chastity, and humility.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A Mohammedan mendicant friar; a Moslem fanatic of upper Egypt. dervise.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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