Amish

Meanings

Proper Noun

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

Adjective

Relating to this sect.

Origin

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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