Amish

American

[ah-mish, am-ish] / ˈɑ mɪʃ, ˈæm ɪʃ /

adjective

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.

noun

the Amish people.

Amish British

/ ˈɑːmɪʃ, ˈæ- /

adjective

of or relating to a US and Canadian Mennonite sect that traces its origin to Jakob Amman

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noun

the Amish people

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Amish Cultural

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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Some of the Pennsylvania Dutch are Amish.

Etymology

Origin of Amish

1835–45, < German amisch, after Jakob Ammann; see -ish ¹

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