Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of the German Baptist Brethren, a group of German-American Baptists opposed to military service and the taking of legal oaths.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
duncur . - noun A member of a sect of German-American Baptists, so named from their manner of baptism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun 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 , andGerman Baptists , and they call their denomination the Church of the Brethren. - proper noun a sect which separated from the Dunkers and formed a community, in 1728. They keep the seventh day or Saturday as the Sabbath.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One of a
religious denomination whosetenets and practices are mainly those of theBaptists , but partly those of theQuakers .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it
- noun a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots
- noun an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Eberhard Freiherr von Medem Berlin: Dunker & Humblot, 1991, 18.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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With great sadness, I report the death of list member Stephen Dunker of What Goes 'Round books in Bayfield, Wisconsin.
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More NBA China Real Time: NBA Dunker Straddles China-U.S. Divide On Sunday, Mr. Anthony was non-committal on nearly every topic, even refusing to rule out the unlikely scenario that he stays in Denver.
After Weekend of Meetings, Anthony Ready for Deal Kevin Clark 2011
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Eberhard Freiherr von Medem Berlin: Dunker & Humblot, 1991, 18.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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A quest is not to be undertaken lightly — or at all! — pondered Hlothgar, Thrag of the Western Boglands, son of Glothar, nephew of Garthol, known far and wide as Skull Dunker, as he wielded his chesty stallion Hralgoth through the ever-darkening Thlargwood, beyond which, if he survived its horrors and if Hroglath the royal spittle reader spoke true, his destiny awaited — all this though his years numbered but fourteen.
Campbell and Strugeon Full Details sfawardswatch 2009
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With great sadness, I report the death of list member Stephen Dunker of What Goes 'Round books in Bayfield, Wisconsin.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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Since according to its statutes only former front-line soldiers were eligible to join the RjF, the sports groups were merely affiliated with the RjF, and were thus “not strictly part of the RjF” (Dunker 1977, 103).
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When the young man's turn came, the Dunker held him under so long that he thought he would black out.
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Since the Dunker preached against Antipas for marrying his own wife's sister, he has been a wanted man.
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When he had wandered from Yerushalayim, but before he came to the Dunker, he stayed some weeks with a group of Essenes near Ein Gedi.
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