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

Quaker = a member of the Religious Society of Friends (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

Many pamphlets pro and con were publish'd on the subject, and some by good Quakers, in favour of defense, which I believe convinc'd most of their younger people.
Benjamin Franklin -- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Quakers = a member of the Religious Society of Friends (known for non-violence amongst other things)

They're coming for the Quakers.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Quakers = members of the Religious Society of Friends (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

Thee knows a Quaker does not run away.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Quaker = a member of the Religious Society of Friends (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

His judgment on us for harboring an infidel and a Quaker.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Quaker = a member of the Religious Society of Friends (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

Not that I hold anything against the Quakers.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Quakers = members of the Religious Society of Friends (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

"Why should you take it upon yourself to mend a roof for the Quaker woman?" demanded her uncle.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Quaker = a member of the Religious Society of Friends (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

In Massachusetts we Quakers had our own meetings.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Quakers = members of the Religious Society of Friends (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

"Can I become a Quaker?" asked Kit, only half joking.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Quaker = a member of the Religious Society of Friends (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

"Thee doesn't become a Quaker just to escape the Meeting," she said, and Kit flushed at the gentle reproof in her tone.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Quaker = a member of the Religious Society of Friends (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

"How does one become a Quaker?" she asked seriously.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Quaker = a member of the Religious Society of Friends (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

Whatever Dr. Bulkeley thought about Quakers, John would think so too.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Quakers = members of the Religious Society of Friends (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

In Boston I've heard they even hanged some Quakers.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Quakers = members of the Religious Society of Friends (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

Better not to provoke it now by mentioning a harmless Quaker.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Quaker = a member of the Religious Society of Friends (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

Quaker = a member of the Religious Society of Friends (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

Quaker = a member of the Religious Society of Friends (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

She has that "meet me later" look... My little Quaker down in Quaker town.
Betty Smith -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
In the 1700s, a few Quakers vigorously denounced slavery, but they were dismissed as crackpots and had no influence.
Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
On the billboards, too, he saw a pretty poster, showing her as the Quaker Maid, demure and dainty.
Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie

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