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Noun: Quakers
  1. Members of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian denomination founded by George Fox in the 1640s, known for their commitment to peace, simplicity, and equality
    "Quakers played an important role in the abolition movement";
    - Religious Society of Friends, Society of Friends
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

Type of: chicken [informal], coward, religious order, religious sect, sect

Encyclopedia: Quakers

Quaker, Missouri