Quakeress
(ˈkweɪkərɪs)
[f. quaker + -ess.]
A female Quaker.
| 1721 New-England Hist. & Geneal. Reg. (1876) XXX. 61 [Baptism of] John Rennolds, the little child of John Rennolds, his wife a Quakeress, not consenting. 1764 Stewardson (title) Spiritual Courtship, or, The Rival Quakeresses. 1821 Lamb Elia Ser. i. Quakers' Meeting, Every Quakeress is a lily. 1827 Hone Every-day Bk. II. 110 Three young quakeresses had a sort of semi-bathing. 1852 Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. xiii. 116 A burst of joy from the little Quakeress interrupted the speech. |