n.
Pronunciation: ' d ə ŋ -k ə r
Variant: or Dun · kard \ -k ə rd \
Function: noun
Etymology: Pennsylvania German Dunker, from dunke
Date: 1744
: a member of the Church of the Brethren or any of several other orig. German Baptist denominations practicing trine immersion and love feasts and refusing to take oaths or to perform military service