Dunkardn.
/ˈdʌŋkəd/, U.S. /ˈdəŋkərd/ A member of a Protestant sect, founded in Germany in 1708 but living in the United States since the 1720s: see Dunker n.2 for more details.
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1750 T. Walker Jrnl. Explor. 17 Mar. (1888) 40 The Duncards are an odd set of people, who make it a matter of Religion not to Shave their Beards, ly on Beds, or eat Flesh.
1784 J. Brown Compend. Hist. Brit. Churches I. 336 Dunkards, whose men and women live in separate communities.
1858 Odd-Fellows' Casket & Rev. Dec. 131/1 ‘Did you ever see a Dunkard who didn't wear a long beard?’ ‘I suppose not.’
1896 Christian World 21 May 403/1 The Dunkards are to be found in twenty of the United States, the total membership being about 75,000.
1976 Nature 1 July 18/2 Other Anabaptist sects, such as the Mennonites, Dunkards, Amish-Mennonites, and Berachy Amish.
2006 Amer. Editor (Nexis) Aug. 28 The Dunkards believe in hard work and humility.
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attributive with the sense ‘of, relating to, or characteristic of this sect or its members’, as Dunkard church, Dunkard minister, etc.
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1759 Royal Mag. Aug. 61/1 The Dunkard town, called Ephrata, is situated in the frontier part of Lancaster country.
1837 W. Jenkins Ohio Gazetteer 373 There are in this country..five dunkard churches.
1896 Christian World 21 May 403/1 A Dunkard minister made a speech.
1928 T. H. MacBride In Cabins & Sod-Houses xxviii. 275 I went to the Methodist church last Sunday night to hear Brother Sereno Doctover, the Dunkard preacher from over in Louisa.
2009 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 23 July rb2 Heck lived just north of the Dunkard church on Valleyview Drive.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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