"Quaker" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkweɪkə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkweɪkəɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Quaker.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Quakers [plural], Quacker [alternative], quaker [alternative], Whaker [alternative]
Rhymes: -eɪkə(ɹ) Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|quake|er|id2=agent noun}} quake + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} Quaker (plural Quakers)
  1. A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views. Translations (believer of the Quaker faith): كويكر (Arabic), квакер (kvaker) [masculine] (Bulgarian), quàquer [masculine] (Catalan), kvaker [masculine] (Czech), kvæker [common-gender] (Danish), quaker [masculine] (Dutch), kvakero (Esperanto), kveekari (Finnish), quaker [masculine] (French), cuáquero [masculine] (Galician), cuáquera [feminine] (Galician), კვაკერი (ḳvaḳeri) (Georgian), Quäker [masculine] (German), Κουάκερος (Kouákeros) [masculine] (Greek), kvekari [masculine] (Icelandic), quakero (Ido), quakero (Interlingua), Caecar [masculine] (Irish), quacchero [masculine] (Italian), クエーカー教徒 (Kuēkā kyōto) (alt: クエーカーきょうと) (Japanese), квекер (kveker) [masculine] (Macedonian), क्वेकर (kvekar) (Marathi), kveker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kvekar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kwakier [masculine, person] (Polish), quacre [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), quáquer [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), quaker [masculine] (Romanian), quakeră [feminine] (Romanian), ква́кер (kváker) [masculine] (Russian), Cuaigear [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), кве̏кер [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kvȅker [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kvaker [masculine] (Slovak), kveker [masculine] (Slovene), cuáquero (Spanish), kväkare (Swedish), kuwakero (Tagalog), קוואַקער (kvaker) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈkweɪkə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkweɪkəɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Quaker.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Quakers [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪkə(ɹ) Etymology: From Quake + -er, but likely inspired by the original noun. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Quake|er|id2=occupation}} Quake + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} Quaker (plural Quakers)
  1. (video games) A player of any game in the Quake series of first-person shooters.
    Sense id: en-Quaker-en-noun-QuzdGfc- Categories (other): Video games, Fans (people) Disambiguation of Fans (people): 53 47 Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

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Alternative forms

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          "text": "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.",
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        }
      ],
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        "A player of any game in the Quake series of first-person shooters."
      ],
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          "video game",
          "video game"
        ],
        [
          "player",
          "player"
        ],
        [
          "game",
          "game"
        ],
        [
          "series",
          "series"
        ],
        [
          "first-person shooter",
          "first-person shooter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(video games) A player of any game in the Quake series of first-person shooters."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkweɪkə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkweɪkəɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪkə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Quaker"
}

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