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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; 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

When the ranger on the video at the Cornfield talks about thousands of soldiers waiting in the woods behind you, you instinctively swivel around to see the whitewashed Dunker Church.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2020

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

The students plan to return weekly throughout the school year, and the school hopes to continue the program with each incoming fifth-grade class, said Pastor Gary Dunker.

From Washington Times • Nov. 19, 2016

She had saved them a trip to the bottom of the pool because she had conquered the Dilbert Dunker, a water survival test for astronaut candidates.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

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