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QUAKERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Quakers mean? 

QUAKERS (noun)
  The noun QUAKERS has 1 sense:

1. a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakersplay

  Familiarity information: QUAKERS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUAKERS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Quakers; Religious Society of Friends; Society of Friends

Hypernyms ("Quakers" is a kind of...):

religious order; religious sect; sect (a subdivision of a larger religious group)

Meronyms (members of "Quakers"):

Friend; Quaker (a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers))


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