English Dictionary: Amish | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Amish | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Amish \Am"ish\, n. pl. [Written also {Omish}.] (Eccl. Hist.) The Amish Mennonites. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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 [bd]worldly conformity[b8]. There are several branches of Amish Mennonites in the United States. |