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amish
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun amish has 1 sense
- amish(n = noun.person) - an American follower of the Mennonite religion; is a member of amish sect
is a kind of mennonite
CIDE DICTIONARY
amish, n. sing. & pl.
The Amish Mennonites. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
amish, a.
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.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
amish, adj. belonging to a strict US Mennonite sect.
Etymology
prob. f. G Amisch f. J. Amen 17th-c. Swiss preacher
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