Amish

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amish \Am"ish\, n. sing. & pl. [Written also {Omish}.] (Eccl.
     Hist.)
     The Amish Mennonites.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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. A branch having particularly strict
     adherence to the Amish principles are called {Old Order
     Amish}
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Amish
       n : an American follower of the Mennonite religion