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Dunkers definition

☆ Dunk·ers (duŋ′kərz)

plural noun

a sect of German-American Baptists opposed to military service and the taking of oaths
also called Dunkards Dunk′·ards (-kərdz): officially called Church of the Brethren

Etymology: Ger tunker, dipper < tunken (see dunk): so named from practice of immersion

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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