Also kalender. [ad. Pers. qalandar, of unknown origin.] One of a mendicant order of dervishes in Turkey and Persia.
[1614. Selden, Titles Hon., 378. The Turkish Calendarlar (a kind of Monkish Order) wear in their Caps long Horsehaires hanging.]
1634. Sir T. Herbert, Trav. (1677), 70. Thirty Nobles in the habit of Pilgrim Kalenders.
1724. Arab. Nights (1812), I. 35. There are three calenders at the gate … they are all blind of the right eye.
1837. Penny Cycl., VIII. 430/1. Frequently the Calenders go about half naked, with their skin painted red or black.
