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    QUAKERS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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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