What is the definition of Dervise?

1. Alt. of Dervis

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What are the usage examples for Dervise?

1. They glitter brightly enough to deceive the wisest and most cautious, and we garner them up in the most secret caskets of our hearts; but are they not like the coins which the Dervise gave the merchant in the story? – Memoir of John Lothrop Motley, v1 by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Edition: 10 Language: English

2. He stood grey with age in the robe of a Dervise As a king awe- compelling; And the cold of his eye like the diamond was bright, As if years from the hardness had fashion'd the light, " A draught from thy spring for the way- weary Dervise And rest in thy dwelling." – The Poetical Works of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart. M.P. by Edward Bulwer Lytton