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Quakeress
[ kwey-ker-is ]
noun
- 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of Quakeress1
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Example Sentences
You see, my mother is a Quakeress, and when my father wished to reprove me he uses the plain speech.
You look like a Quakeress but no one expects you to act like one to-night.
Which is a pity; a Gypsy Quakeress would be a charming fancy.
She was brought up a Quakeress by her mother, but her father was, at least in later life, a staunch Methodist.
They left behind them the creek, the blooming dooryard, the small white house, and the gentle Quakeress.
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