AMISH

n. a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The Amish Mennonites.

2.
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.


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