Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DUNKER
Dun "ker, n. Etym: [G. tunken to dip. ]
Defn: 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 17 8, 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Dunker
Dunk er |ˈdəNGkər ˈdəŋkər | ▶noun a member of the German Baptist Brethren, a sect of Baptist Christians founded in 1708 but living in the US since the 1720s. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Pennsylvania Dutch, from dunke (see dunk ).
Oxford Dictionary
Dunker
Dunker |ˈdʌŋkə | ▶noun a member of the German Baptist Brethren, a sect of Baptist Christians founded in 1708 but living in the US since the 1720s. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Pennsylvanian German, from dunke (see dunk ).
Duden Dictionary
Dunkerque
Dun kerque Eigenname französisch Dünkirchen |dŒ̃ˈkɛrk |französische Hafenstadt
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