Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A Quaker authorized to travel between meetings and communities to preach; a Quaker preacher (in the 18th and 19th centuries).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of public Friend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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History
Friend denoted a member of the Society of Friends i.e. a Quaker.
