1a. One that shakes: a shaker of long-held beliefs and traditions.b. One that impels, encourages, or supervises action. 2a. A container used for shaking: salt and pepper shakers.b. A container used to mix or blend by shaking: a cocktail shaker.3.Shaker A member of a Christian sect originating in England in 1747, practicing communal living and observing celibacy.
ADJECTIVE:
also Shaker Relating to or constituting a style produced by Shakers that is distinctively simple, unornamented, functional, and finely crafted: Shaker furniture.