DUNKER

Dunker, Dunkard, Tunker

(noun) an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)

dunker

(noun) a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots

dunker

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

dunker (plural dunkers)

Someone who dunks.

(basketball) A person tasked with performing or training others in slam dunks.

A biscuit that is suitable for dunking in a cup of tea.

Any snack food suitable for dunking in sauce.

(naval) A kind of sonobuoy.

Anagrams

• drunke

Etymology

Noun

Dunker (plural Dunkers)

One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers.

A member of the Church of the Brethren.

Anagrams

• drunke

Source: Wiktionary


Dun"ker, n. Etym: [G. tunken to dip.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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