Quakeress

American  

[kwey-ker-is] / ˈkweɪ kər ɪs /

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.

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Gender

See -ess.

Etymology

Origin of Quakeress

First recorded in 1715–25; Quaker + -ess

Example Sentences

Daniel, London, England Many years ago, Caroline Stephens, the great British Quakeress, wrote about the choices we make in life.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2010

"Why Lizzie," cried Quakeress Lucretia Mott, "thee will make us ridiculous!"

From Time Magazine Archive

My mother was a Quakeress and she felt that it was a spiritual marriage.

From Time Magazine Archive

He, a self-styled Quaker, and his mother, a devout Quakeress, both lied in an attempt to get him into the Marine Corps under the legal age.*

From Time Magazine Archive

She was tall, this Quakeress, and the hobnobbing devil was of Jeff’s own height.

From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove