Quaker (disambiguation)

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Quaker is a reference to the Religious Society of Friends, a religious community.

Quaker could also refer to:

People

• The Quaker Poet, a nickname for John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892), and sometimes also for Bernard Barton (1784-1849)

Places

• The Quaker State, a nickname for Pennsylvania
• Quaker, Indiana (or Quaker Point), a small town in Vermillion County, Indiana
• Quakers Hill, New South Wales, a suburb in Sydney, Australia

Companies

• Quaker Oats Company, a U.S. food company
• Quaker State, a motor oil

Plants & animals

• Quaker Butterfly, Neopithecops zalmora
• Quaker Parrot, also known as the Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
• Quaker lady, name given to several flowers

Sport

• Quakers, the nickname for the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania
• 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 Salem, Ohio
• Quakers, the nickname for the athletic teams of Orchard Park, NY
• Quakers, the nickname of Darlington F.C. in the north of England and many other businesses in Darlington

Others

• Someone who plays a computer game in the Quake series
• An unripe or poorly roasted coffee bean, the number of which is often used to judge the quality of a batch of coffee, see coffee roasting
• An Ecuadorian beverage, made from oats (hence the name, a reference to the Quaker Oats Company), fruit juice (typically naranjilla, pineapple, or orange), sugar and spices
• Quackers, a puppet who appeared with Ray Alan.

[edit] See also

• Quake (disambiguation)

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