Quakeress

Barry adopted a dignified reserve that almost amounted to pomposity, and was as starch as any Quakeress.

The Memoires of Barry Lyndon 2006

Figaro, when so treated, grew fat and desponding, and lost all his sprightly VERVE; and Nemesis became as gentle as a Quakeress.

The Paris Sketch Book 2006

It consisted of standing around in all sorts of scenes, a silent little Quakeress.

Sister Carrie 2004

The little Quakeress was marked for a favourite the moment she appeared, and thereafter easily held attention and applause.

Sister Carrie 2004

Quakeress, the daughter of Quaker parents, wearing a demure little bonnet.

The Financier 2004

But it was startling to see this excellent hearted Quakeress coming on board, as she did the last day, with a long oil-ladle in one hand, and still longer whaling lance in the other.

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

Polly had grown up, but she had no more style now than in the days of the round hat and rough coat, for she was all in gray, like a young Quakeress, with no ornament but a blue bow at the throat and another in the hair.

An Old-Fashioned Girl 1950

And the Quakeress repeated, in calm, unemphatic language, the story narrated by Mrs. Janes.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Various

From that work this hitherto gaudy maiden came out as plain as a Quakeress, and hastened to the Methodist prayer meeting.

Elizabeth: the Disinherited Daughter By E. Ben Ez-er Elizabeth Arnold Hitchcock

The old Quakeress is not a fashionable saint, for she never dreamed of this huxter business in spiritual affairs.

Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited Robert A. Wilson