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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dunbird \Dun"bird`\, n. [Named from its color.] (Zo["o]l.)
a The pochard; -- called also {dunair}, and {dunker}, or
{dun-curre}.
b An American duck; the ruddy duck.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Dunker
n : adherent of Baptistic doctrines [syn: {Dunker}, {Dunkard}, {Tunker}]
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