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DUNKERS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion
Synonyms:
Church of the Brethren; Dippers; Dunkers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Dunkers" is a kind of...):
Baptist denomination (group of Baptist congregations)
Meronyms (members of "Dunkers"):
Dunkard; Dunker; Tunker (an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion))
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