quaker
Syllables: Quak·er/ˈkweɪkə/US/ˈkweɪkəɹ/
quaker noun: any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Pithecops. Also the alternative letter-case form of Quaker.
Noun (1)
quaker (plural quakers)
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Pithecops.
Noun (2) capitalized: Quaker
Quaker (plural Quakers)
- A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.
- 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.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 35
Noun (3) capitalized: Quaker
Quaker (plural Quakers)
- A player of any game in the Quake series of first-person shooters.
- 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.1997 July 29, Mr. X, “Interstate 76 video lockup help!”, in alt.games.mechwarrior2 (Usenet), archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026
Also used as
quaker is also the alternative letter-case form of Quaker.
quaker meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
quaker in Hindi
- क्वेकर, क्वैकर
quaker in Tamil
- குவாக்கர், க்வேகர்
quaker in Marathi
- क्वॅकर, क्वेकर, क्वाॅकर
quaker in Urdu
- کویکر, کوئکر
More languagesFewer languages
- quaker in Bengali
- কোয়েকার, কোয়াকার
- quaker in Telugu
- క్వేకర్, క్వాకర్
- quaker in Malayalam
- ക്വാക്കർ, ക്വെക്കർ, ക്വക്കർ
- quaker in Kannada
- ಕ್ವೇಕರ್, ಕ್ವಾಕರ್, ಕ್ವೆಕರ್
- quaker in Punjabi
- ਕਵੇਕਰ
- quaker in Gujarati
- ક્વેકર, ક્વોકર
- quaker in Odia
- କ୍ୱେକର, କ୍ୱେକର୍, କ୍ୱାକର
- quaker in Nepali
- क्वेकर, क्व्याकर, क्वाकर
Forms of quaker
| plural | quakers |
|---|---|
| plural | Quakers |
| alternative form | Quacker |
| alternative form | quaker |
| alternative form | Whaker |
Origin of quaker
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.
From Quake + -er, but likely inspired by the original noun.
Words formed from quaker
Phrases with quaker
Words that rhyme with quaker
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Questions about quaker
- What does quaker mean?
- Quaker means any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Pithecops.
- What is quaker in Hindi?
- Quaker in Hindi is क्वेकर, क्वैकर. See Quaker meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is quaker?
- Quaker is a noun.
- How do you pronounce quaker?
- Quaker is pronounced /ˈkweɪkə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of quaker?
- The plural of quaker is quakers.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: quaker (page history and authors); Quaker (page history and authors); quaker (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); quaker (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); quaker (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); quaker (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); quaker (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); quaker (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); quaker (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); quaker (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); quaker (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); quaker (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); quaker (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); quaker (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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