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- [kwey-ker]
- /ˈkweɪ kər/
- /ˈkweɪ.kər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kwey-ker]
- /ˈkweɪ kər/
Definitions of quaker word
- noun quaker a popular name for a member of the Religious Society of Friends. 1
- countable noun quaker A Quaker is a person who belongs to a Christian group called the Society of Friends. 0
- noun quaker a member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1650, whose central belief is the doctrine of the Inner Light. Quakers reject sacraments, ritual, and formal ministry, hold meetings at which any member may speak, and have promoted many causes for social reform 0
- adjective quaker of, relating to, or designating the Religious Society of Friends or its religious beliefs or practices 0
- noun quaker a member of the Society of Friends; Friend 0
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Origin of quaker
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600; quake + -er1
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Parts of speech for Quaker
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
quaker popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
quaker usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for quaker
noun quaker
- aftershock — Aftershocks are smaller earthquakes which occur after a large earthquake.
- earthquake — something that is severely disruptive; upheaval.
- microseism — a feeble, recurrent vibration of the ground recorded by seismographs and believed to be due to an earthquake or a storm at sea.
- macroseism — A severe earthquake.
- quake — (of persons) to shake or tremble from cold, weakness, fear, anger, or the like: He spoke boldly even though his legs were quaking.
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