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Dopper

Dopper noun: an Anabaptist or Baptist.

Noun

Dopper (plural Doppers)

  1. (derogatory) An Anabaptist or Baptist.
    • This is a Dopper, a she Anabaptist1625 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Staple of Newes. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene...
  2. (South Africa) A member of the Reformed Churches in South Africa, a Calvinistic denomination.
    • His Dopper community of the northeastern districts of the Cape Colony was considered more pious and socially conservative than any other community in the colony.2003, Hermann Buhr Giliomee, The Afrikaners: Biography of a People, page 177

Forms of Dopper

pluralDoppers

Origin of Dopper

From Dutch doper.

Questions about Dopper

What does Dopper mean?
Dopper means an Anabaptist or Baptist.
What part of speech is Dopper?
Dopper is a noun.
What is the plural of Dopper?
The plural of Dopper is Doppers.

Words near Dopper in the dictionary

  1. doppelganger
  2. doppelgangers
  3. doppelgänger
  4. doppelgängers
  5. doppels
  6. Dopper
  7. Doppers
  8. doppich
  9. dopping
  10. doppio
  11. doppios

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