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Amish
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
The Amish Mennonites.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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.