| quaker | 1. One who quakes. 2. One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, the members of which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend. "Fox's teaching was primarily a preaching of repentance . . . The trembling among the listening crowd caused or confirmed the name of Quakers given to the body; men and women sometimes fell down and lay struggling as if for life." (Encyc. Brit) 3. <zoology> The nankeen bird. The sooty albatross. Any grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; so called from the quaking noise made during flight. Quaker buttons. <botany> A low American biennial plant (Houstonia caerulea), with pretty four-lobed corollas which are pale blue with a yellowish center; also called bluets, and little innocents. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| quakeress | A woman who is a member of the Society of Friends. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| quaker | a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers) |
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| quaker | one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear |
| quaker | a dummy gun or piece of artillery made usually of wood |
| quaker | the theological doctrine of the Society of Friends characterized by opposition to war and rejection of ritual and a formal creed and an ordained ministry |
| quaker | a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660 |
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