Amish

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From Pennsylvania German Amisch or German Amische, after the name of the Swiss preacher Jakob Amman (1645-1730). The surname is a contraction of Old High German ambahtman.

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Amish pl (plural only)

  1. A strict Anabaptist sect living mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.

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Amish (not comparable)

  1. Relating to this sect.

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