"Free Quaker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Free Quakers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Free Quaker (plural Free Quakers)
  1. (historical) A member of a now largely defunct American Quaker (Christian) sect which did not adhere to the Peace Testimony and therefore supported or engaged in military action during the American Revolutionary War. Wikipedia link: Free Quaker Tags: historical Categories (topical): Quakerism

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