Dunker

also Dun·kard (-kərd)
n.
A member of the German Baptist Brethren, a group of German-American Baptists opposed to military service and the taking of legal oaths.

[Pennsylvania Dutch, from dunke, to dunk (from the practice of baptism by immersion). See dunk.]

A medium-sized scenthound, popular in Norway. It is a powerfully built dog with a short coat, pendulous ears and long tail. The short coat may be tan with black saddle and white markings, or the black may be splotched (merled). Called also Norwegian hound.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (dialectal) an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)
  Synonyms: Dunkard, Tunker

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Frequency: (695)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)

1. North German: nickname from Middle Low German dunker ‘dark’, ‘conceited’, or ‘unclear’.

2. Dutch: variant of Donker.

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