Quitter sb.²

[f. QUIT v. + -ER¹.]

  † 1.  One who frees, discharges, etc. Obs. rare^–0.

1611.  Cotgr., Quiteur, a quitter, acquiter, freer, discharger.

[1736.  in Ainsworth, Lat. Dict. Hence in Johnson, and later Dicts.]

  2.  U.S. One who, or that which, ‘quits,’ goes away, shirks, etc.

1881.  Standard, 7 Sept., 5/2. They may perhaps have a right to the term ‘quitter,’ to stigmatise an animal that will not make a fight.

1887.  Columbus (Ohio) Disp., 31 May. The mighty pressure gives confidence that the [gas] well will not be a quitter.

1897.  Outing (U.S.), XXIX. 581/1. Leggins may be fat, but he’s no quitter.