Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dunker"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dunbird \Dun"bird`\, n. [Named from its color.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The pochard; -- called also {dunair}, and {dunker}, or
{dun-curre}.
(b) An American duck; the ruddy duck.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dunker \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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: (dialectal) an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice
baptism by immersion) [syn: {Dunker}, {Dunkard}, {Tunker}]
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