Amish
of or relating to any of the strict Mennonite groups, chiefly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Canada, descended from the followers of Jakob Ammann, a Swiss Mennonite bishop of the 17th century.
the Amish people.
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How to use Amish in a sentence
The butter is Kerrygold, from the milk of grass-fed cows in Ireland, the vegetables from Path Valley Farms in Pennsylvania, an Amish co-op tapped by some of Washington’s top restaurants.
Mattie & Eddie’s channels the Irish spirit of a veteran chef’s grandparents | Tom Sietsema | May 21, 2021 | Washington PostWe’d walked the railroad tracks from Washington to Baltimore to Philly and then turned west at the Main Line and made Amish country by winter.
Today, Amish women wearing traditional bonnets serve fresh-baked pies steps away from a stand of Middle Eastern foods and another selling mozzarella cheese made from local goat’s milk.
The first time I went, I rode in the passenger seat of Andy’s car, down the winding rural roads of Amish country.
We found respite on flat roads separating cornfields, which we shared with Amish horse-drawn buggies.
How Biking Across America Formed an Unlikely Friendship | Raffi Joe Wartanian | October 8, 2020 | Outside Online
Your movies have tackled subjects like Amish bowling, the Special Olympics, and conjoined twins—but never midlife crisis before.
Interview With Hall Pass Directors Farrelly Brothers | Chris Lee | February 22, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTLast summer, Palin joined members of Jews for Sarah in Pennsylvania Amish country for a traditional Sabbath celebration.
'Jews for Sarah' Rally Around | Shushannah Walshe, Samuel P. Jacobs | January 12, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST[The Amish] are completely cut off from the outside world.
John McCain may have one last, best hope for winning the White House: the Amish.
Aaron has flirted with our century; he and his wife learned some very un-Amish skills at the Homestead School.
Blind Man's Lantern | Allen Kim LangThe skill that makes Aaron worth his fare out here, though, is an Amish skill, and the rarest one of all.
Blind Man's Lantern | Allen Kim LangFive years from spring, other Amish folk would come to homestead—what a barn-raising they'd have!
Blind Man's Lantern | Allen Kim LangThis confection was embossed with a hundred intricate designs, rich with silver; un-Amish as a Christmas tree.
Blind Man's Lantern | Allen Kim LangThough American enough, maize had been a foreigner to the first Amish farmers, and still carried history in its name.
Blind Man's Lantern | Allen Kim Lang
British Dictionary definitions for Amish
/ (ˈɑːmɪʃ, ˈæ-) /
of or relating to a US and Canadian Mennonite sect that traces its origin to Jakob Amman
the Amish the Amish people
Origin of Amish
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Cultural definitions for Amish
[ (ah-mish, am-ish, ay-mish) ]
A group of Protestants who broke away from the Mennonites in the seventeenth century. The Amish live in close communities, farm for a living, and do without many modern conveniences, such as telephones, automobiles, and tractor-drawn plows.
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