Meaning of QUAKER in English

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Meaning of QUAKER in English

• One who quakes.
• 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, n., 4.
• The nankeen bird.
• The sooty albatross.
• Any grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; -- so called from the quaking noise made during flight.

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