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1
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
- a traveling carnival that was run by fakirs preying on small-town rubes
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2
one who makes false claims of identity or expertise
- a fakir peddling patent medicines that were mostly liquor and sugar
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Near Antonyms for fakir
- ace,
- adept,
- authority,
- crackerjack
- (also crackajack),
- expert,
- maestro,
- master,
- past master,
- professional,
- virtuoso,
- whiz,
- wizard
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“Fakir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fakir. Accessed 26 Sep. 2022.
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The first known use of fakir was in 1609
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