I. ˈkwākə(r) noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: quake (I) + -er
1. : one that quakes
2. usually capitalized : friend 6
3.
a.
(1) : an Australian night heron ( Nycticorax caledonicus )
(2) : the sooty albatross
b. : a grasshopper or locust of the genus Oedipoda
c. or quaker moth : any of several English noctuid moths (as Graphiphora castanea )
4. often capitalized : art gray
5. : quaker gun
6. or quaker aspen : aspen
7. capitalized : pennsylvanian — used as a nickname
8. : an immature or blighted coffee bean found in inferior grades of coffee — usually used in plural
II. intransitive verb
Etymology: freq. of quake (I)
dialect Britain : quake