DUNKERS

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 I. (noun) 

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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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