QUAKERS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers

Synonyms:

Quakers; Religious Society of Friends; Society of Friends

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Quakers" is a kind of...):

religious order; religious sect; sect (a subdivision of a larger religious group)

Meronyms (members of "Quakers"):

Friend; Quaker (a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers))

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