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Definition of Dunkard
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
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dunkard
Literary usage of Dunkard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Doddridge and Harrison Counties by D. B. Reger, Charles N. Mooney, W. J. Latimer (1912)
"The dunkard series of rocks is the highest division of the Upper Carboniferous
... This group of rocks was so designated from dunkard creek, ..."
2. The Areas of the United States, the States, and the Territories by Henry Gannett (1906)
"The first group is in the southeast corner of the county and comprises the dunkard
Creek, Garrison, Whiteley Creek, Blackshire, and Mount Morris ..."
3. Garrett County by Maryland Geological Survey, Geological Survey (U.S.) (1902)
"The dunkard Epoch. dunkard time began with the gentle submergence which buried
the Waynesburg marsh. The events of this epoch in Maryland are not well known ..."
4. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1905)
"The importance of the above reference to the dunkard formation will be appreciated
when it is recalled that in 1880 professors William M. Fontaine and IC ..."
5. County Report and Maps: Marion, Monongalia and Taylor Counties by Ray Vernon Hennen, David Bright Reger (1913)
"The dunkard series is the highest division of the Carboniferous system of ...
The series was so named from dunkard creek, a stream flowing eastward into the ..."
6. Clays: Their Occurrence, Properties, and Uses, with Especial Reference to by Heinrich Ries (1908)
"... extending in a northeasterly direction from Gallipolis to Steubenville, and
southward from there to beyond Bellaire.1 dunkard or Upper Barren Measures. ..."
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