Quaker

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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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