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/ˈkweɪkə/
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/ˈkweɪkəɹ/
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- General-American
Noun
A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.
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The demon of fanaticism was the shape which it took with us; and verily, what with religious republicans, harmonists, quakers, fifth-monarchy men, Presbyterians, and the reign of the saints upon earth, it needs the strong hand of a Cromwell to reduce the spiritual chaos to any sort of order.
Noun
A player of any game in the Quake series of first-person shooters.
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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.
Noun
a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
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