American English pronunciation
How to pronounce quaker
IPA transcription: [k'weɪkɚ]
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Noun
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a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
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one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear
Usage examples
- He gradually retired from the family business and began his involvement with Quaker meetings.
- Some institutions founded by Friends were never formally Quaker schools.
- The family returned to Wilmington and after the war his father rejoined the Quakers.
- She attended Friends School, a private, Quaker-run boarding school in Saffron Walden.
- He was a Quaker and a member of Scarsdale Friends Meeting.
- He died in Camden and is buried there in the Quaker Cemetery.
- Richland Township surrounds the boroughs of Quakertown and Richlandtown.
- John Ellis was a Quaker and a noted liberal reformer.
- Many of the early settlers were Quakers.
- Quaker Oats also sells Quisp directly to the public through an online store.