Quaker
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adjective
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Quakers have traditionally been committed to pacifism.
Pennsylvania was settled by a group of Quakers fleeing religious persecution.
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And it’s odd to see Quaker listed so prominently as their doctrine is famously nonviolent and anti-war.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
He took his oath with his hand on a book of poems by the city’s namesake, Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier, that belonged to the council’s sole remaining white person, Republican Cathy Warner.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
The group had gathered at the Quaker Meeting House in Westminster for what was billed as "nonviolent direct action training".
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
His wife, whom Mr. Murray plainly reveres, is a Quaker who doesn’t care all that much about the factual questions that bother him in this book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
“Thee doesn’t become a Quaker just to escape the Meeting,” she said, and Kit flushed at the gentle reproof in her tone.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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