Dopper

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noun

An Anabaptist or Baptist.

OriginDutch doper →
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Meanings

nounDopper (plural Doppers)

plural Doppers

  1. derogatoryAn Anabaptist or Baptist.

    This is a Dopper, a she Anabaptist

    1625 (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 number in lowercase Roman numerals)
  2. South AfricaA 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

Origin

  1. Dutchdoper
  2. EnglishDopper

From Dutch doper.

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APA

Dopper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dopper

MLA

“Dopper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dopper. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dopper,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dopper.

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