Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SHAK-ER
SHAK-ER, n.
- A person or thing that shakes or agitates; as, the shaker of the earth. – Pope.
- In the United States, Shakers, is the name given to a singular sect of Christians, so called from the agitations or movements in dancing which characterize their worship.
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