Dunker

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dunbird \Dun"bird`\, n. [Named from its color.] (Zool.)
     (a) The pochard; -- called also {dunair}, and {dunker}, or
         {dun-curre}.
     (b) An American duck; the ruddy duck.
         [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dunker \Dun"ker\, prop. 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}, and
     they call their denomination the Church of the Brethren.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The denomination was founded in Germany in 1708, but
           after a few years the members emigrated to the United
           States; they were opposed to military service and
           taking legal oaths, and practiced trine immersion.
           [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  
     {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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dunker
       n 1: 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"
       2: a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots
       3: an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by
          immersion) [syn: {Dunkard}, {Tunker}]