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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Amish
Amish
n : an American follower of the Mennonite religion
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Amish
Amish
\Am"ish\, n. sing. & pl. [Written also
Omish.] (Eccl.
Hist.)
The Amish Mennonites.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Amish
\Am"ish\, a. [Written also
Omish.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the followers of Jacob
Amman, a strict Mennonite of the 17th century, who even
proscribed the use of buttons and shaving as
“worldly
conformity”. There are several branches of Amish Mennonites
in the United States. A branch having particularly strict
adherence to the Amish principles are called
Old Order Amish
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]