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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 der·vish /ˈdɝvɪʃ/
 回教的托缽僧

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Der·vish Der·vise Der·vis n.
 1. A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life.
 2. One of the fanatical followers of the Mahdi, in the Sudan, in the 1880's.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 dervish
      n : an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for
          devotional exercises involving bodily movements