dervish

English Thesaurus

1. an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements (noun.person)

hypernym	:	fakeer, fakir, faqir, faquir,
definition	:	a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man (noun.person)

hyponym	:	whirler, whirling dervish,
definition	:	a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling (noun.person)