Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Dunker \Dun"ker\, n. [G. tunken to dip.]
One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices
are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the
Quakers; -- called also {Tunkers}, {Dunkards}, {Dippers},
and, by themselves, {Brethren}, and {German Baptists}.
Note: The denomination was founded in Germany in 1708, but
after a few years the members emigrated to the United
States.
{Seventh-day Dunkers}, a sect which separated from the
Dunkers and formed a community, in 1728. They keep the
seventh day or Saturday as the Sabbath.
Source : WordNet®
dunker
n 1: an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it; "he
was a dunker--he couldn't eat a doughnut without a cup
of coffee to dunk it in"
2: a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots
3: an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by
immersion) [syn: {Dunkard}, {Tunker}]