baptist Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun follower of Baptistic doctrines

WordNet

Bap"tist noun
Etymology
L. baptista, G.
Definitions
  1. One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ. Milton.
  2. 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. In doctrine the Baptists of this country [the United States] are Calvinistic, but with much freedom and moderation. Amer. Cyc.

Webster 1913