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Quakers

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Noun1.QuakersQuakers - a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers
Religious Society of Friends, Society of Friends
religious order, religious sect, sect - a subdivision of a larger religious group
Quaker, Friend - a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)


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The Puritan could not but remember that this was the very spot which had been made accursed a few hours before by the execution of the Quakers whose bodies had been thrown together into one hasty grave, beneath the tree on which they suffered.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
For some of these same Quakers are the most sanguinary of all sailors and whale-hunters.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
The bridegrooms sat together in a corner, rigidly silent, like Quakers whom the spirit moveth not, being still in the odd predicament of bashfulness towards their own young wives.
The Great Carbuncle by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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