quakers Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers
    Society of Friends; Religious Society of Friends.
  2. noun a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
    Quaker; Friend.
  3. noun one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear
    trembler; quaker.

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