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

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

"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

Whether influenced by this consideration, or whether she found it difficult to resist the desire which the painter had so delicately expressed, the Quakeress retired, escorted even to the threshold by Sir Joshua.

From Garrick's Pupil by Filon, Auguston