Quakeress

[ kwey-ker-is ]

noun

, Older Use.

1. a woman or girl who is a Quaker:

   In earlier days, Quakeresses wore colored aprons of green or blue, but preferably of the former color.

Gender Note

See -ess.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Quakeress¹

First recorded in 1715–25; Quaker + -ess

Example Sentences

You see, my mother is a Quakeress, and when my father wished to reprove me he uses the plain speech.

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You look like a Quakeress but no one expects you to act like one to-night.

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Which is a pity; a Gypsy Quakeress would be a charming fancy.

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She was brought up a Quakeress by her mother, but her father was, at least in later life, a staunch Methodist.

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They left behind them the creek, the blooming dooryard, the small white house, and the gentle Quakeress.

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