QUAKER
ADJECTIVES
► PURE applied mockingly to Puritans or Quakers → 1598 obs.
NOUNS
► AUTEM QUAVER TUB a Quaker meeting house → E18 sl.
► MEETING a local congregation of Quakers → 1713 Amer. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► AMINIDAB a Quaker → 18C Eng. sl.
► AUTEM QUAVER a Quaker → E18 sl.
► BROAD-BRIM one who wears a hat with a broad brim; a Quaker → 1797 colloq.
► DRABMAN a Quaker → 1860 humorous usage
► GALLERY FRIEND a Quaker minister or elder → 1913
► GAY QUAKER a Quaker dressing less soberly than others; one who has ceased adhering to the plain and simple life or beliefs of the community → 1798 US
► OBADIAH a Quaker → 1664 sl.
► QUAKER a member of the religious society (the Society of Friends) founded by George Fox in 1648-50, distinguished by peaceful principles and plainness of dress and manners → 1651
► QUAKERESS a female Quaker → 1764
► RACHEL a Quakeress → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► THWAKER a Quaker → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YEA AND NAY MAN a Quaker → L17 sl.
VERBS
► MARRY OUT OF MEETING to marry one who is not a Quaker → 1898 Amer. dial.