Dopper
See also: dopper
English
Etymology
From Dutch doper.
Noun
Dopper (plural Doppers)
- (derogatory) An Anabaptist or Baptist.
- 1625 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Staple of Newes. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot […], published 1631, OCLC 81096167, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- This is a Dopper, a she Anabaptist
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- (South Africa) A member of the Reformed Churches in South Africa, a Calvinistic denomination.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Dopper in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)