dippers : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dippers	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dippers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dippers n a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion Synonym(s): Church of the Brethren, Dunkers, Dippers
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dunker \Dun"ker\, 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}. Note: The denomination was founded in Germany in 1708, but after a few years the members emigrated to the United States. {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.