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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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