The Mennonites, the dunkers, and the Palatines were among these, but by far the most important were the so-called Scotch-Irish-Scotchmen who, a century before, had been sent to Ireland by the English government, in the hope of establishing there a Protestant population which would, in time, come to outnumber and control the native Irish.
"American Men of Action"
Burton E. Stevenson
My treasure, says the aunt, as you know, we are going to dinner with the dunkers to-morrow.
"Home Life in Germany"
Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
The population of this province was of a most motley complexion, being made up of members of various nations, and numerous religious sects: English, Irish, German, Swiss, Welsh, and Dutch; Quakers, Presbyterians, Lutherans, dunkers, Mennonists, and Moravians.
"The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada"
Francis Parkman