dunkard

Questions about dunkard

What does dunkard mean?

dunkard means "an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)".

How many syllables are in dunkard?

dunkard has 2 syllables and divides as dun-kard under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for dunkard?

Close synonyms include Dunker, Tunker. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dunkard a common word?

dunkard is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.