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DUNKER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Dunker" is a kind of...):
Baptist (follower of Baptistic doctrines)
Holonyms ("Dunker" is a member of...):
Church of the Brethren; Dippers; Dunkers (a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A basketball player who is able to make dunk shots
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("dunker" is a kind of...):
basketball player; basketeer; cager (an athlete who plays basketball)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it
Example:
he was a dunker--he couldn't eat a doughnut without a cup of coffee to dunk it in
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("dunker" is a kind of...):
