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Word entry · 6 letters

quaker

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"Friend, religiously"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkweɪkə/Part of speech nounSorted aekqruStarts with QEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
1Q2U3A4K5E6R

Definitions

  1. one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear

Word origin

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.

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