Quaker
A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their…A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.
» Quakers believe that all people are equal.
Quäker glauben, dass alle Menschen gleich sind.
Квакеры считают, что все люди равны.
Значение
значений: 2A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.
Quäker
ква́керkváker
a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
A player of any game in the Quake series of first-person shooters.
Примеры
предложений: 11Quakers believe that all people are equal.
Квакеры считают, что все люди равны.
deQuäker glauben, dass alle Menschen gleich sind.
The Quakers are a religious people.
Квакеры набожные люди.
Quakers believe that it is always wrong to kill.
The Quakers support the BDS movement.
I come from a Quaker family.
Переводы
языков: 7По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
From quake + -er; a name given to members of the Religious Society of Friends, supposedlyFrom quake + -er; a name given to members of the Religious Society of Friends, supposedly by the magistrates Gervase Bennet and Nathaniel Barton, when George Fox "bade them tremble at the word of the Lord"; the term was previously applied to certain people who trembled or quaked during religious devotions.
From Quake + -er, but likely inspired by the original noun.
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