Quaker en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈkweɪkə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkweɪkəɹ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From quake + -er; a name given to members of the Religious Society of Friends, supposedly by the magistrates Gervase Bennet and Nathaniel Barton, when George Fox "bade them tremble at the word of the Lord"; the term was previously applied to certain people who trembled or quaked during religious devotions.
Meanings
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A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.
The demon of fanaticism was the shape which it took with us; and verily, what with religious republicans, harmonists, quakers, fifth-monarchy men, Presbyterians, and the reign of the saints upon earth, it needs the strong hand of a Cromwell to reduce the spiritual chaos to any sort of order.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 35:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whaker | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Quakers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| quaker | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Quacker | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Quaker Hill · Quakerdom · Quakerize · Quanglican · Quaker comfrey · Quakerization · Quakers Yard · Quakerist · Quakerlike · Quaker parrot · Quakery · Quakership · Shaking Quaker · Quaker gun · Quakeristic · Quakeress · Quakerish · Quakertown · Quakerly · Quakerism
Translations (39)
ja クエーカー教徒 (believer of the Quaker faith) · ca quàquer (believer of the Quaker faith) · ka კვაკერი (believer of the Quaker faith) · gl cuáquero (believer of the Quaker faith) · sh кве̏кер (believer of the Quaker faith) · nn kvekar (believer of the Quaker faith) · ru ква́кер (believer of the Quaker faith) · sl kveker (believer of the Quaker faith) · yi קוואַקער (believer of the Quaker faith) · de Quäker (believer of the Quaker faith) · ar كويكر (believer of the Quaker faith) · fi kveekari (believer of the Quaker faith) · nb kveker (believer of the Quaker faith) · ga Caecar (believer of the Quaker faith) · is kvekari (believer of the Quaker faith) · pl kwakier (believer of the Quaker faith) · ro quakeră (believer of the Quaker faith) · el Κουάκερος (believer of the Quaker faith) · mr क्वेकर (believer of the Quaker faith) · mk квекер (believer of the Quaker faith) · es cuáquero (believer of the Quaker faith) · io quakero (believer of the Quaker faith) · da kvæker (believer of the Quaker faith) · pt quáquer (believer of the Quaker faith) · pt quacre (believer of the Quaker faith) · eo kvakero (believer of the Quaker faith) · gd Cuaigear (believer of the Quaker faith) · gl cuáquera (believer of the Quaker faith) · it quacchero (believer of the Quaker faith) · ro quaker (believer of the Quaker faith) · sh kvȅker (believer of the Quaker faith) · ia quakero (believer of the Quaker faith) · sk kvaker (believer of the Quaker faith) · nl quaker (believer of the Quaker faith) · sv kväkare (believer of the Quaker faith) · fr quaker (believer of the Quaker faith) · tl kuwakero (believer of the Quaker faith) · bg квакер (believer of the Quaker faith) · cs kvaker (believer of the Quaker faith)