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Quaker

Quaker

1 5.0
A person who belongs to a Christian group that values peace, equality, and silent meetings for worship
  • noun
  • /ˈkwākər/
translation icon : cuáquero
  • He had come to a resolution not to eat meat during the Seven Years War and justified it partly by invoking the logic of Quaker pacifism.

So in this case, it'll start with the Quakers, which was a very weird radical Christian sect.

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Examples

  • The Quaker community is dedicated to promoting peace and equality among all people.

  • I am a pacifist by nature with a deep, Quaker belief in the sanctity of human life.

    The In-Laws (2003)

  • What made the Quaker so, so special?

  • And that is the only thing that a Quaker has ever provided for anyone today.

  • And the interesting story behind that is that Eddington was a Quaker, and they had just lived through the World War One.

  • Quaker teams of Witness for Peace go to towns to provide observers.

    Blog text (2)

  • Quaker theology recognizes that as freely as we have received, so freely we ought to give.

    Blog text (26)

  • When Thomas Clarkson died, all the Quakers of the England took their hats off because he had freed so many spirits and so many lives.

  • He identified as a Quaker and held strong beliefs in nonviolence and social justice.

  • Many Quakers participate in activities that aim to help those in need and promote goodwill.

Synonyms

Friend
vsQuaker
440 8.9

A person who belongs to the Quaker church and values peace and equality

has identical meaning but uses a different traditional name
Quakeress
vsQuaker
  • Archaic
9.9

A woman who is a member of the Quaker religious group

is the modern neutral term used without gender

Compounds

Quaker gun
  • Archaic
9.9

A fake cannon that looks real to fool enemies

Surface Forms

Quaker singular
Quakers plural

Morphology

Quaker = quake (opaque) = quake + er

Although formed historically from 'quake' + agentive '-er', the modern sense is a specific religious group name and not derivable as 'one who trembles'.

Etymology

Quaker comes from a nickname for people who would quake, meaning 'to shake', the same root as earthquake, because early members often shook with strong religious feeling during meetings. So today a Quaker is a member of that peaceful Christian group, and the name stayed from those early shaking prayers.