BAPTIST

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ. Milton.

2.
n.

One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be administered to believers alone, and should be by immersion. See Anabaptist.