资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Dunker \Dun"ker\, n. [G. tunken to dip.]
One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices
are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the
Quakers; -- called also {Tunkers}, {Dunkards}, {Dippers},
and, by themselves, {Brethren}, and {German Baptists}.
Note: The denomination was founded in Germany in 1708, but
after a few years the members emigrated to the United
States.
{Seventh-day Dunkers}, a sect which separated from the
Dunkers and formed a community, in 1728. They keep the
seventh day or Saturday as the Sabbath.