Quaker (disambiguation)
Quaker or Quakers is a reference to the Religious Society of Friends, a faith-based community.
Quaker could also refer to:
People with the name
- Bernard Barton (1784-1849), sometimes referred to as "The Quaker Poet"
- John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892), nicknamed "The Quaker Poet"
- See List of Quakers
Places
- Quaker, Indiana (or Quaker Point), an unincorporated community in Vermillion County, Indiana
- Quaker, Missouri, an unincorporated community
- Pennsylvania, sometimes called "The Quaker State"
- Quakers Hill, New South Wales, a suburb in Sydney, Australia
Animals and plants
- Quaker lady (disambiguation), name given to several flowers
- Quaker butterfly, Neopithecops zalmora
- Quaker parrot, also known as the monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
- Quaker, one of several names for Dissosteira carolina, also known as the Carolina grasshopper
Brands and enterprises
- Quaker, an Ecuadorian beverage, made from oats (hence the name, a reference to the Quaker Oats Company) and fruit juice (typically naranjilla, orange, or pineapple), sugar, and spices
- Quaker Oats Company, a U.S. food company
- Quaker State Corporation, a former motor oil manufacturer
Sport
- Quakers, the nickname of Darlington F.C. in the north of England and many other businesses in Darlington
- Quakers, the nickname for the athletic teams of Earlham College
- Quakers, the nickname for the athletic teams of Guilford College
- Quakers, the nickname for the athletic teams of Orchard Park, NY
- Quakers, the nickname for the athletic teams of Salem, Ohio
- Penn Quakers, the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia Quakers (NHL)
Other uses
- Quaker, a name used in coffee roasting to denote an unripe or poorly roasted coffee bean, the number of which is often used to judge the quality of a batch of coffee
- Quaker, a player of the video game Quake
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