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Definition of Quakers

quaker
Nankeen Nan*keen", n. [So called from its being originally manufactured at Nankin, in China.] [Written also nankin.] 1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent. 2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring. 3. pl. Trousers made of nankeen. --Ld. Lytton. Nankeen bird (Zo["o]l.), the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.

Meaning of Quakers from wikipedia

- were an estimated 377,557 adult Quakers, 49% of them in Africa followed by 22% in North America. Some 89% of Quakers worldwide belong to evangelical and...
- Friends during the 20th century. Non-theism among Quakers probably dates to the 1930s, when some Quakers in California branched off to form the Humanist...
- Philadelphia Quakers may refer to: Members of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Philadelphia Phillies, an American...
- as Quakers, as they were said "to tremble in the way of the Lord". While the movement initially grew out of Christian ideals, not all modern Quakers identify...
- the City of Blacktown. Quakers Hill is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Quakers Hill is colloquially known as 'Quakers'. The first recorded cartographic...
- The Religious Society of Free Quakers, originally called "The Religious Society of Friends, by some styled the Free Quakers," was established on February...
- Friends, also known as Quakers, who have a Wikipedia article. The first part consists of individuals known to be or to have been Quakers continually from some...
- Sydney, Australia Quakers, the nickname of Darlington F.C. in the north of England and many other businesses in Darlington Quakers, the nickname for the...
- of Baptists, independents and Quakers were worshipping at nearby Berthlwyd Farm, Pentwyn (Top of the Hill). The Quakers in turn, soon broke away to establish...
- Quaker Hill, Quaker Hills, Quakers Hill, Quakers Hills, may refer to: Quakers Hill, New South Wales, Australia; a suburb of Sydney Quakers Hill High School...