What does quitter mean?

Definitions for quitter
ˈkwɪt ərquit·ter

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. quitternoun

    a person who gives up too easily

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Quitternoun

    1.A deliverer. Robert Ainsworth

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  1. quitter

    A quitter is a person who gives up easily or does not have the persistence or resilience to carry on with difficult or challenging tasks. A quitter typically lacks perseverance and might abandon commitments or responsibilities whenever they feel overwhelmed or don't immediately succeed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Quitternoun

    one who quits

  2. Quitternoun

    a deliverer

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Quitter

    kwit′ėr, n. a fistulous sore on the quarters or the heel of the coronet of a horse's hoof.—v.i. to suppurate.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. QUITTER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Quitter is ranked #86314 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Quitter surname appeared 216 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Quitter.

    97.2% or 210 total occurrences were White.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of quitter in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of quitter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of quitter in a Sentence

  1. Richard Milhous Nixon:

    I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first ... Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow.

  2. Jeff Mateer:

    Coach Kennedy has been denied the freedom to coach for over five years, but he’s never been a quitter, we will fight on.

  3. Julius Suralta:

    A winner never quits and a quitter never wins!

  4. Charlie Sifford:

    Just Let Me Play, he asked me if I was a quitter.

  5. Barry Sadler:

    I'm not a quitter, but I knew there was no way I was coming out of there.

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