Dunkard
- noun
- /ˈdʌn.kərd/
- Archaic
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Dunkard
- At the summer festival, many Dunkards gathered to celebrate their faith and community traditions.
Examples
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On September 19, Mason and Dixon reached the Monongahela River at 222 miles west of their initial starting point, and on October 9, 1767, they crossed a warpath near Dunkard Creek.
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We were located nearly half a mile south of an old Dunkard church.
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The creek was named for a nearby village of people who belonged to the Dunkard religion and who had been massacred there in 1755.
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Certain Christian sects, such as the Quakers, Mennonites, and Dunkards, emphasized pacifism, meaning that the connections between military service and citizenship did not apply to them in the same ways.
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For more specifically on the reactions of Mennonites and Dunkards to conscription and substitution in Rockingham County, Virginia, see Sacher, "The Loyal Draft Dodger?"
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The Dunkards are known for their practice of baptism by immersion and their simple, humble lifestyle.
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One of the key beliefs of the Dunkards is to live in peace and avoid conflict with others.
Synonyms
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4.0
A Christian who fully puts believers under water to show their faith
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A person in a Christian group who is baptized by being fully put under water
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9.9
A member of a Christian group that baptizes people by putting them fully under water
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dunkard comes from the German verb tunken, which means 'to dip', and it was used for a Christian group who baptized people by fully dipping them in water. Think of the common English word dunk ('to dip') to remember that a Dunkard belonged to a group known for that dipping practice.