Hutterite

American  

[huht-uh-rahyt, hoot-] / ˈhʌt əˌraɪt, ˈhʊt- /

noun

1. a member of an Anabaptist sect following the principles of Jacob Hutter (d. 1536) of Moravia and practicing community of goods and nonconformity.

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Hutterite British  

/ ˈhʌtəˌraɪt /

noun

1. a member of an Anabaptist Christian sect founded in Moravia, branches of which established farming communities in western Canada and the northwest US

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Other Word Forms

• Hutterian adjective

Etymology

Origin of Hutterite

1635–45; Jacob Hutter + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

The market regulator said that instead of goose down, the jackets mainly use duck down and claims that a type of down known as Hutterite down was the warmest Canadian down misled consumers.

From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2021

Hutterite children have more white blood cells involved in allergy, called eosinophils, while another cell type, called neutrophils — which specializes in repelling microbes — predominates in Amish children.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2016

The Amish asthma rate is 5 percent; for Hutterite children, it's 21 percent, the study authors said.

From US News • Aug. 3, 2016

"Hutterite life makes my photos unique," he says.

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2013

“Keeping things under 150 just seems to be the best and most efficient way to manage a group of people,” Bill Gross, one of the leaders of a Hutterite colony outside Spokane told me.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell