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Quaker
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- 1 A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.
"The demon of fanaticism was the shape which it took with us; and verily, what with religious republicans, harmonists, quakers, fifth-monarchy men, Presbyterians, and the reign of the saints upon earth, it needs the strong hand of a Cromwell to reduce the spiritual chaos to any sort of order."
- 2 A player of any game in the Quake series of first-person shooters.
- 3 Alternative letter-case form of Quaker. alt-of
"The timid and trimming politics of some men of large property here have almost done their business for them. They have lost their influence, and grown obnoxious. The quakers and proprietarians together have little weight. New Jersey shows a noble ardor. Is there any thing in the air or soil of New York unfriendly to the spirit of liberty?"
- 4 a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers) wordnet
- 5 Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Pithecops.
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- 6 one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear wordnet
Etymology
From quake + -er; a name given to members of the Religious Society of Friends, supposedly by the magistrates Gervase Bennet and Nathaniel Barton, when George Fox "bade them tremble at the word of the Lord"; the term was previously applied to certain people who trembled or quaked during religious devotions.
Quake + -er, but likely inspired by the original noun.
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