quaker

Other forms of quaker

plural

quakers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about quaker

What does quaker mean?

quaker means "a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in quaker?

quaker has 2 syllables: qua-ker. The stress falls on "qua". In IPA it is /ˈkweɪkɚ/.

What is another word for quaker?

Close synonyms include Friend, trembler. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is quaker a common word?

quaker is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.