Dopper

/ (ˈdɒpə) /


noun
  1. (in South Africa) a member of the most conservative Afrikaner Church, which practises a strict Calvinism

Origin of Dopper

1
C19: from Afrikaans, of unknown origin

Words Nearby Dopper

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How to use Dopper in a sentence

  • I went to see this reverend pastor, who is professor of a school of Dopper theology.

  • Just opposite stands the little chapel of the so-called Dopper sect in which he occasionally preaches.

  • The young Dopper warmly grasped the other, provoking a squeal from the enchantress.

    The Dop Doctor | Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
  • Of these the narrowest, most puritanical, and most bigoted was the Dopper sect, to which Kruger belonged.

  • But there were kopjes ahead, sown with fierce Dopper Boers, and those tempting wagons were only to be reached over their bodies.

    The Great Boer War | Arthur Conan Doyle