baptist
/ˈbaptɪst
/noun
1 (Baptist) A member of a Protestant Christian denomination advocating baptism only of adult believers by total immersion. Baptists form one of the largest Protestant bodies and are found throughout the world and especially in the US.Lutherans, Calvinists, Methodists, Baptists and even agnostics have found him deserving....
- Lutherans, Anglicans, Baptists and evangelicals complete the broad tapestry.
- Most of the people are Roman Catholics, Anglican, Methodists, Baptists, or Mennonites.
2A person who baptizes someone.
Origin
Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French baptiste, via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek baptistēs, from baptizein 'immerse, baptize'.