Quaker

quaker Quäker English Pronunciation en /ˈkweɪkə/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Quaker.wav Southern England en /ˈkweɪkəɹ/ GA en eɪkə(ɹ) 2 en Quak er Etymology 1 From en quake er agent noun; 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.en 1886 George Fox The Autobiography of George Fox: From His Journal CCEL 9781610250849 Noun A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views. 35 I 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. Alternative forms en Quacker uncommon, possibly obsolete quaker Whaker dated Derived terms en Quakerdom Quakeress Quaker Hill Quakerish Quakerist Quakeristic Quakerization Quakerize Quakerlike Quakership Quakery Quanglican Quaker gun Quakerism Quakerly Quakers Yard Quakertown Quaker parrot Shaking Quaker Quaker comfrey Translations believer of the Quaker faith Arabic: ar كويكر Bulgarian: bg квакер m Catalan: ca quàquer m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn Czech: cs kvaker m Danish: da kvæker c Dutch: nl quaker m Esperanto: eo kvakero Finnish: fi kveekari French: fr quaker m Galician: gl cuáquero m, gl cuáquera f Georgian: ka კვაკერი German: de Quäker m Greek: el Κουάκερος m Hungarian: hu kvéker Icelandic: is kvekari m Ido: io quakero Interlingua: ia quakero Irish: ga Caecar m Italian: it quacchero m Japanese: ja クエーカー教徒 クエーカーきょうと, Kuēkā kyōto Macedonian: mk квекер m Marathi: mr क्वेकर Norwegian: Bokmål: nb kveker m Nynorsk: nn kvekar m Polish: pl kwakier m-pr Portuguese: pt quacre m f, pt quáquer m f Romanian: ro quaker m, ro quakeră f Russian: ru ква́кер m Scottish Gaelic: gd Cuaigear m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh кве̏кер m Latin: sh kvȅker m Slovak: sk kvaker m Slovene: sl kveker m Spanish: es cuáquero Swedish: sv kväkare Tagalog: tl kuwakero Yiddish: yi קוואַקער m Etymology 2 From en Quake er occupation, but likely inspired by the original noun. Noun en video games A player of any game in the Quake series of first-person shooters. en 29 July 1997 Mr. X Interstate 76 video lockup help! alt.games.mechwarrior2 https://web.archive.org/web/20260818111320/https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.mechwarrior2/c/aVUl98V_Jks/m/IUAfNlYtrvoJ Who the hell made you the newsgroup police? People are always posting I76 stuff here. It -IS- an action game, is it not? Why don't you tell all the Quakers here to go to alt.quake newsgroup? Or the Diabloers....etc. Or better yet, find something better to do than play net cop. References en Fans (people) People Quakerism