Dopper

See also: dopper

English

Etymology

From Dutch doper.

Noun

Dopper (plural Doppers)

1. (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, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     This is a Dopper, a she Anabaptist

2. (South Africa) A member of the Reformed Churches in South Africa, a Calvinistic denomination.
   • 2003, Hermann Buhr Giliomee, The Afrikaners: Biography of a People, page 177:

     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.