[f. QUAKER + -ESS.] A female Quaker.
1764. Stewardson (title), Spiritual Courtship, or, The Rival Quakeresses.
1821. Lamb, Elia, Ser. I. Quakers’ Meeting. Every Quakeress is a lily.
1837. Hone, Every-day Bk., II. 110. Three young quakeresses had a sort of semi-bathing.
1852. Mrs. Stowe, Uncle Tom’s C., I. xiii. 201. A burst of joy from the little Quakeress interrupted the speech.
