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Dunkard
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Dunk·er  (dngkr) also Dun·kard (-krd)
n.
A member of the German Baptist Brethren, a group of German-American Baptists opposed to military service and the taking of legal oaths.
[Pennsylvania Dutch, from dunke, to dunk (from the practice of baptism by immersion); see dunk.]
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Noun1.DunkardDunkard - an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)
Tunker, Dunker
Church of the Brethren, Dippers, Dunkers - a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion
Baptist - follower of Baptistic doctrines


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A sect that called itself the Dunkards had services in the schoolhouse, baptizing new members in the creek across the road.
TRAVEL TALES : SCHOOLHOUSE'S LESSON IN HISTORY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
It was the brainchild of Conrad Beissel, a German Pietist who managed to woo away his followers from the Dunkards, a religious group that believed in triple baptism.
PENNSYLVANIA'S EPHRATA CLOISTER: ECHOES OF A SPARTAN LIFE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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