1. Noun
One who quakes.
2. Noun
One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend, n., 4.
3. Noun
The nankeen bird.
4. Noun
The sooty albatross.
5. Noun
Any grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; -- so called from the quaking noise made during flight.
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