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Noun: quaker  kwey-ku(r)
  1. One who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear
    "The thunderstorm turned the brave explorer into a quaker";
    - trembler
Noun: Quaker  kwey-ku(r)
  1. A member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
    - Friend

Derived forms: quakers, Quakers

Type of: chicken [informal], Christian, coward

Part of: Quakers, Religious Society of Friends, Society of Friends

Encyclopedia: Quaker, Missouri