Quakeress
Americannoun
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of Quakeress
Example Sentences
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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
But the singular Quakeress and the bigamist decide that this really does not matter.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Why Lizzie," cried Quakeress Lucretia Mott, "thee will make us ridiculous!"
From Time Magazine Archive
He wore a short wooden sword thrust in his belt, and I really don’t know what the fine lady and the Quakeress would have done without that sword.
From Little Friend Lydia by Phillips, Ethel Calvert
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