Quaker
Definition of Quaker
Quak´er
n.
1.
One
who
quakes
.
2.
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
.
Fox
'
s
teaching
was
primarily
a
preaching
of
repentance
. . .
The
trembling
among
the
listening
crowd
caused
or
confirmed
the
name
of
Quakers
given
to
the
body
;
men
and
women
sometimes
fell
down
and
lay
struggling
as
if
for
life
.
- Encyc. Brit.
3.
(Zool.)
The
nankeen
bird
.
Quaker buttons
(Bot.)
See
Nux vomica
.
Quaker gun
a
dummy
cannon
made
of
wood
or
other
material
; -
so
called
because
the
sect
of
Friends
,
or
Quakers
,
hold
to
the
doctrine
,
of
nonresistance
.
Quaker ladies
(Bot.)
a
low
American
biennial
plant
(
Houstonia
cærulea
),
with
pretty
four-lobed
corollas
which
are
pale
blue
with
a
yellowish
center
; -
also
called
bluets
,
and
little innocents
.
Related Words
coward
,
palpitate
,
quake
,
quiver
,
trembler
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