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(1):
(n.) One who quakes.
(2):
(n.) The sooty albatross.
(3):
(n.) The nankeen bird.
(4):
(n.) Any grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; -- so called from the quaking noise made during flight.
(5):
(n.) One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend, n., 4.