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Dunker

American  
[duhng-ker] / ˈdʌŋ kər /
Also Dunkard

noun

  1. a member of the Church of the Brethren, a denomination of Christians founded in Germany in 1708 and later reorganized in the United States, characterized by the practice of trine immersion, the celebration of a love feast accompanying the Lord's Supper, and opposition to the taking of oaths and to military service.

Dunker British  
/ ˈdʌŋkəd, ˈdʌŋkə /

noun

  1. a member of the German Baptist Brethren

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Etymology

Origin of Dunker

An Americanism first recorded in 1705–15; from Pennsylvania Dutch; see dunk, -er 1

Example Sentences

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Boyle, Lucas Dunker Jr. and Dean Janikowski are the main candidates to replace WSU’s three-year starter, Mazza.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2021

Andromeda Dunker, the show’s voice-over narrator since 2009, stresses that while the show, like any reality series, is produced, the only thing scripted is her commentary.

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2019

“Ted Dunker is basically the most unlikely candidate to become mayor of his town,” she said of her character.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2018

Hours of ferocious charges and countercharges around sites known simply as “the Cornfield,” “the Dunker Church,” and “Bloody Lane” took 12,000 Union and 10,000 Confederate casualties.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Like some of the other testing in the third and final phase of tests, the Dilbert Dunker could only be found at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

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