dervish

noun

1. A member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars.
2. (historical)A citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), the Dhulbahante anti-colonial polity geographically corresponding with Khaatumo.
3. (historical)An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.
4. (historical)An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.
5. (broadly)An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.

   “The Hejaz war, meanwhile, would be one of dervishes against regular troops.”