| 单词 | Dopper |
| 释义 | ▪ I. Dopper2|ˈdɒpə(r)|
Also 7 doper.
[ad. Du. dooper, dipper, baptist, f. doopen to dip; erroneously shortened after dop v.]
A (Dutch) Baptist or Anabaptist; = dipper 2.
1620B. Jonson News fr. New World Wks. (Rtldg.) 615/2 A world of Doppers! 1625― Staple of N. iii. ii, This is a Doper, a she Anabaptist!
▪ II. Dopper3 S. Afr.|ˈdɒpə(r)|
Also dopper.
[Afrikaans, of uncertain origin.]
The sobriquet of a member of the ‘Gereformeerde Kerk in Suid-Afrika’, a strictly orthodox Calvinistic denomination, commonly regarded as being old-fashioned in ideas, manner, and dress. Hence ˈDopperdom (rare), the Doppers collectively.
1850N. J. Merriman Jrnl. 9 Dec. in Kafir, Hottentot, & Frontier Farmer (1854) 96 These Doppers are a sort of Dutch Church puritans. 1859Queenstown Free Press 4 May (Pettman), The Doppers would not be satisfied with an angel from heaven. 1881Daily News 21 Jan. 5/5 Paul Kruger..Belonging to the sect of the Doppers. 1898W. Harcourt Let. 29 Aug. in A. G. Gardiner Life W. H. (1923) II. xxiii. 461 It is with a view to this that A. M. [sc. A. Milner] wants a display of more force..to ‘convince Dopperdom that England means war’, if Kruger does not do our bidding. 1900Daily News 13 Feb. 7/2 The burghers being chiefly of the ‘dopper’ or back-country class. 1926Brit. Weekly 27 May 158/1 The charming Dutch girl lived with her old Dopper father on a nearby farm. 1958Cape Times 27 Dec. 3/6 The old dopper town of Krugersdorp. |
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