Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Amish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amish \Am"ish\, n. pl. [Written also {Omish}.] (Eccl. Hist.)
The Amish Mennonites.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Amish
n : an American follower of the Mennonite Bishop Amman [syn: {Amish}]
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