Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hunker \Hun"ker\, n.
   Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative
   section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one
   opposed to progress in general; a fogy. [Political Cant,
   U.S.]

Source : WordNet®

hunker
     v : sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth
         while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect
         themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: {squat}, {crouch}, {scrunch},
          {scrunch up}, {hunker down}]