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English Dictionary: Amish by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Amish
n
  1. an American follower of the Mennonite religion
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.
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