quitter

[kwit-er]

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noun

a person who quits or gives up easily, especially in the face of some difficulty, danger, etc.

Origin of quitter

First recorded in 1605–15; quit¹ + -er¹

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Related Words for quitter

deserter, dropout, goldbrick, wimp, slacker, shirker, goof-off, chicken, goldbricker, piker, ceder

Examples from the Web for quitter

Contemporary Examples of quitter

"The good people of Missouri nominated me, and I'm not a quitter," Akin told Huckabee.
Abortion Opponents and Many Democrats Want Todd Akin to Stay in Senate Race
Patricia Murphy
August 21, 2012

Historical Examples of quitter

"I knew he was a quitter;" the woman's companion was pessimistic.
Thoroughbreds
W. A. Fraser
"A quitter will quit and a bleeder will bleed," said the Kid sententiously.
Old Man Curry
Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
It always seemed to me that it took a lot of practice to be a quitter.
Shavings
Joseph C. Lincoln
The quitter can't survive where the plugger has the ghost of a chance.
The Clock that Had no Hands
Herbert Kaufman
The patron saint of the successful advertiser hates a quitter.
The Clock that Had no Hands
Herbert Kaufman

British Dictionary definitions for quitter

quitter

noun

a person who gives up easily; defeatist, deserter, or shirker

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Word Origin and History for quitter

as an insult, 1881, American English, agent noun from quit (v.).