quaker
/ˈkweɪkəɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Quaker.
noun
Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Pithecops.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "The timid and trimming politics of some men of large property here have almost done their business for them. They have lost their influence, and grown obnoxious. The quakers and proprietarians together have little weight. New Jersey shows a noble ardor. Is there any thing in the air or soil of New York unfriendly to the spirit of liberty?"
- "There is also a chancellor, — no, I mistake, — a chandler and green-grocer, with his hands full of warts; a hunch-backed cadger; a one-eyed cutler; a pudgy exciseman, who is often the worse for liquor, being fond of tippling and sotting in taps; a lubberly fuller; a limping, spoffish limner; a tawer, with a wen or a whelk on the tip of his nose; a stuttering plumber; a splenish quaker; a sexton, with teeth like the times of a harrow; a weazen-faced vintner; a snuffling undertaker’s mute, clothed in deep mourning, and talking of nothing but hearses and palls, dirges and passing-bells."
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.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkweɪkəɹ/
- British English: /ˈkweɪkə/