First Known Use: 1919
Dictionary
dunker
noun dunk·er \ˈdəŋ-kər\
Definition of DUNKER
: one that dunks; especially : a basketball player who makes dunk shots
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Origin of DUNKER
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Dunker
noun Dun·ker \ˈdəŋ-kər\
Definition of DUNKER
: a member of the Church of the Brethren or any of several other originally German Baptist denominations practicing trine immersion and love feasts and refusing to take oaths or to perform military service
Variants of DUNKER
Dun·ker or Dun·kard \-kərd\
Origin of DUNKER
Pennsylvania German Dunker, from dunke
First Known Use: 1744
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