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Dunker
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What's The Definition Of Dunker?
[n] (dialectal) an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)
[n] a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots [n] an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it; "he was a dunker--he couldn't eat a doughnut without a cup of coffee to dunk it in" Synonyms | Synonyms for Dunker: Dunkard | Tunker Related Terms | Find terms related to Dunker: See Also | Baptist | basketball player | basketeer | cager | Church of the Brethren | Dippers | Dunkers | eater | feeder Dunker In Webster's Dictionary \Dun"ker\, n. [G. tunken to dip.]
One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices
are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the
Quakers; -- called also {Tunkers}, {Dunkards}, {Dippers},
and, by themselves, {Brethren}, and {German Baptists}.
Note: The denomination was founded in Germany in 1708, but
after a few years the members emigrated to the United
States.
{Seventh-day Dunkers}, a sect which separated from the
Dunkers and formed a community, in 1728. They keep the
seventh day or Saturday as the Sabbath.
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