Quakeress
[kweikәris]
Definition
(n.) A woman who is a member of the Society of Friends.
Edited by ELLA
Examples
- Caroline used to be fluttered by them at first, but she had now got into the way of parrying these home-thrusts like a little Quakeress. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A burst of joy from the little Quakeress interrupted the speech. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And here she closed her harangue: a long one for her, and uttered with the demureness of a Quakeress. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- That's the way he does, said the little Quakeress, laughing. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Edited by ELLA