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Dunker

Dunker Meaning & Definition
Dunker Definition And Meaning

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

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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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