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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

Dippers
    n 1: a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of
         German descent; opposed to military service and taking
         legal oaths; practiced trine immersion [syn: Church of the
         Brethren, Dunkers, Dippers]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

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