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Dunker (n.)

popular name of a German-American Anabaptist sect, 1756, from (Pennsylvania) German Tunker, from tunken, dunken "to dip, soak" (see dunk (v.)). So called because they practice adult baptism by triple immersion. The proper name is Brethren.

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Definitions of Dunker from WordNet
1
dunker (n.)
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
dunker (n.)
a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots;
2
Dunker (n.)
an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion);
Synonyms: Dunkard / Tunker
From wordnet.princeton.edu