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3 definitions found 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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