Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dippers"
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)
Dippers
n : German-American Baptist denomination founded in 1708;
opposed to military service and taking legal oaths;
practiced trine immersion [syn: {Church of the Brethren},
{Dunkers}, {Dippers}]
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