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Quaker noun a member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement founded by George Fox in the 17c. Quakerish adj. Quakerism noun. Quakerly adj.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: so called either because of Fox's caution to his followers that they should 'tremble at the Word of the Lord' or because some of his adherents, especially the women, would become possessed by the holy spirit and go into trembling fits.

Quaker noun a member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement founded by George Fox in the 17c. Quakerish adj. Quakerism noun. Quakerly adj.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: so called either because of Fox's caution to his followers that they should 'tremble at the Word of the Lord' or because some of his adherents, especially the women, would become possessed by the holy spirit and go into trembling fits.

Quaker noun a member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement founded by George Fox in the 17c. Quakerish adj. Quakerism noun. Quakerly adj.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: so called either because of Fox's caution to his followers that they should 'tremble at the Word of the Lord' or because some of his adherents, especially the women, would become possessed by the holy spirit and go into trembling fits.