dunker

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

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”
a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots
an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)Synonyms: Dunker Dunkard Tunker

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Dunbird \Dun"bird`\, n. [Named from its color.] (Zool.) (a) The pochard; -- called also dunair, and dunker, or dun-curre. (b) An American duck; the ruddy duck. [1913 Webster]

Dunker \Dun"ker\, prop. 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, and they call their denomination the Church of the Brethren. [1913 Webster]

Note: The denomination was founded in Germany in 1708, but after a few years the members emigrated to the United States; they were opposed to military service and taking legal oaths, and practiced trine immersion. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

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. [1913 Webster]