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Definition of Tunker
1. Noun. An adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion).
Group relationships: Church Of The Brethren, Dippers, Dunkers
Generic synonyms: Baptist
Derivative terms: Dunk
Definition of Tunker
1. n. Same as Dunker.
Medical Definition of Tunker
1. Same as Dunker. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tunker
Literary usage of Tunker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poets and Poetry of Indiana: A Representative Collection of the Poetry of by Benjamin Strattan Parker (1900)
"The Little tunker Bonnet. BENJAMIN S. PARKER. ... neck of her fleecy, lead-colored
gown, From under the puckered, silken crown Of her little tunker bonnet. ..."
2. The History of the State of Indiana: From the Earliest Explorations by the by William Henry Smith (1897)
"'Tis Morning and the Days are Long," and "The Little tunker Bonnet," are given
as fairly representative of his poetry, in the serious and lighter veins. ..."
3. Social Tragedies and Other Poems by John William Scholl (1900)
"THE tunker MAIDEN. A MEMORIAL PIECE. TJ ANG on the wreath ! •I 1 Wind the old
battle-flag round his tomb, Its torn folds sweeping his grave, For underneath ..."
4. History of Augusta County, Virginia by John Lewis Peyton (1882)
"Samuel Driver for the following brief account of the tunker Church in Augusta: The
... In the above list is included all the tunker churches in the county, ..."
5. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by The Century Co. (Nueva York) (1892)
"The Little tunker Bonnet. A MAIDEN came driving a sleek black mare Into the town,
into the town ; And the light wind lifted her raven hair In innocent ..."
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