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quitter

[ kwit-er ]

noun

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


quitter

/ ˈkwɪtə /

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of quitter1

First recorded in 1605–15; quit 1 + -er 1

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Example Sentences

We’ve been told our entire life that quitting is bad, that quitters never win and that quitters develop the habit of quitting.

The largest increase in the number of quitters happened in Georgia, with 35,000 more people leaving their jobs.

"The good people of Missouri nominated me, and I'm not a quitter," Akin told Huckabee.

Mrs. Tyler issued a statement branding Clarke as a “weak-kneed quitter,” and repudiating him entirely.

But a girl who allows herself to take this attitude is a "quitter," and doesn't know the first principles of playing the game.

Quitter, kwit′ėr, n. a fistulous sore on the quarters or the heel of the coronet of a horse's hoof.

And yet, if he wasn't a quitter, what was the matter with him?

"I knew youse couldn't be a quitter and John Beaudry's son," he continued.

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