Quakeress

[ kwey-ker-is ]

nounOlder Use.

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.

Origin of Quakeress

First recorded in 1715–25; Quaker + -ess

See -ess.

You see, my mother is a Quakeress, and when my father wished to reprove me he uses the plain speech.
The Way of a Man | Emerson Hough
You look like a Quakeress but no one expects you to act like one to-night.
Patchwork | Anna Balmer Myers
Which is a pity; a Gypsy Quakeress would be a charming fancy.
Lavengro | George Borrow
She was brought up a Quakeress by her mother, but her father was, at least in later life, a staunch Methodist.
Recollections of a Long Life | John Stoughton
They left behind them the creek, the blooming dooryard, the small white house, and the gentle Quakeress.
Audrey | Mary Johnston

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