Definitions for Amish

Amish A·mish

Spelling: [ah-mish, am-ish]
IPA: /ˈɑ mɪʃ, ˈæm ɪʃ/

Amish is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in Amish (ahims).

Definitions for Amish

noun

  1. the Amish people.

adjective

  1. of or relating to any of the strict Mennonite groups, chiefly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Canada, descended from the followers of Jakob Ammann, a Swiss Mennonite bishop of the 17th century.

Origin of Amish

1835-45, Americanism; German amisch, after Jakob Ammann; see -ish1

Examples for Amish

Five years from spring, other Amish folk would come to homestead—what a barn-raising they'd have!

The Amish are another branch of the Mennonites, and those among us are likewise descendants of Swiss refugees.

The skill that makes Aaron worth his fare out here, though, is an Amish skill, and the rarest one of all.

[The Amish] are completely cut off from the outside world.

John McCain may have one last, best hope for winning the White House: the Amish.

Though American enough, maize had been a foreigner to the first Amish farmers, and still carried history in its name.

Last summer, Palin joined members of Jews for Sarah in Pennsylvania Amish country for a traditional Sabbath celebration.

Your movies have tackled subjects like Amish bowling, the Special Olympics, and conjoined twins—but never midlife crisis before.

Some time after attending this meeting I called upon an aged Amish man to converse with him upon their religious society, etc.

Self-sufficiency, reflecting contexts of existence of limited scale, marks the Amish and Mennonite families.

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