a member of a Muslim religious group whose members make a promise to stay poor and live without comforts or pleasures. They perform a fast lively dance as part of their worship:
He threw himself around the stage like a whirling dervish.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is dervish a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, dervish is tagged as noun.
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