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Definition of Quakers
1. Noun. A Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers.
Exact synonyms: Religious Society Of Friends, Society Of Friends
Generic synonyms: Religious Order, Religious Sect, Sect
Member holonyms: Friend, Quaker
Generic synonyms: Religious Order, Religious Sect, Sect
Member holonyms: Friend, Quaker
Definition of Quakers
1. Noun. (plural of Quaker) ¹
2. Proper noun. The Religious Society of Friends. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quakers
1. quaker [n] - See also: quaker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quakers
Literary usage of Quakers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The trembling amongst the listening crowd caused or confirmed the name of quakers
given to the body: men and women sometimes fell, down and lay grovelling ..."
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