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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
quitter
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I'm not a quitter, but this job is starting to affect my health.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But President Tucker was not a quitter, and he got right back on the horse.
▪ But these were early days, and Shelley wasn't a quitter.
▪ Even Clinton's enemies have to admit that, with the bruising he has taken, he is no quitter.
▪ I was a coward, a damned quitter.
▪ In nearly 3,000 years with this company, I have never been known as a quitter.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quitter

Quitter \Quit"ter\ (kw[i^]t"t[~e]r), n.

  1. One who quits.

  2. A deliverer. [Obs.]
    --Ainsworth.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
quitter

as an insult, 1881, American English, agent noun from quit (v.).

Wiktionary
quitter

Etymology 1 alt. 1 (context now rare Jamaica English) matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus. 2 (context farriery English) A fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot resulting from bruises, pricks, or neglected corns. 3 (context obsolete English) scoria of tin. n. 1 (context now rare Jamaica English) matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus. 2 (context farriery English) A fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot resulting from bruises, pricks, or neglected corns. 3 (context obsolete English) scoria of tin. vb. to suppurate; ooze with pus. Etymology 2

n. 1 One who quits. 2 (context obsolete English) A deliverer.

WordNet
quitter

n. a person who gives up too easily

Usage examples of "quitter".

Tall Man was no more of a quitter than his chestnut traveling horse, however, and every time one of the Piegan landed a blow, Tall Man lashed out in swift, if ineffective, retaliation.

It’s not the quitters who are extraordinary and mysterious, it’s we, who have somehow managed to persuade ourselves that we must persist in our misery whatever the cost and not abandon it even in the face of calamity.

Chipping away with the scoop shovel was slow going, but Oba was not a quitter.