Quaker

See also: quaker and Quäker

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkweɪkɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪkə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

Quaker (plural Quakers)

1. A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.
   • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 1, page 35:

     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.

Translations

believer of the Quaker faith

• Bulgarian: квакер m (kvaker)
• Catalan: quàquer m
• Chinese:

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• Czech: kvaker m
• Danish: kvæker c
• Dutch: quaker (nl) m
• Esperanto: kvakero
• Finnish: kveekari (fi)
• French: quaker (fr) m
• Georgian: კვაკერი (ḳvaḳeri)
• German: Quäker (de) m
• Icelandic: kvekari m
• Ido: quakero (io)
• Interlingua: quakero
• Irish: Caecar m
• Italian: quacchero (it) m
• Japanese: クエーカー教徒 (クエーカーきょうと, Kuēkā kyōto)
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• Marathi: क्वेकर (kvekar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kveker m

  Nynorsk: kvekar m

• Polish: kwakier (pl) m pers
• Portuguese: quacre (pt) m or f, quáquer m or f
• Romanian: quaker (ro) m, quakeră (ro) f
• Russian: ква́кер (ru) m (kváker)
• Scottish Gaelic: Cuaigear m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кве̏кер m

  Roman: kvȅker (sh) m

• Slovak: kvaker m
• Slovene: kveker m
• Spanish: cuáquero
• Swedish: kväkare (sv)
• Tagalog: kuwakero

Alternative forms

• Quacker (uncommon, possibly obsolete)

Synonyms

• autem quaver (archaic cant)

Derived terms

• Quaker gun
• Quakerism
• Quakerly
• Quakers Yard

 

Etymology 2

Quake +‎ -er

Noun

Quaker (plural Quakers)

1. (video games) One who plays any Quake games.