Both Uses of
Quakers
in
Howards End
- She came of Quaker stock, and he and his family, formerly Dissenters, were now members of the Church of England.†
Part 11 *Quaker = a member of the Religious Society of Friends (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
- She looked at the sorrel, and the red and white and yellow clover, and the quaker grass, and the daisies, and the bents that composed it.†
Part 44
Definition:
a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)