Hutterite

American  

[huht-uh-rahyt, hoot-] / ˈhʌt əˌraɪt, ˈhʊt- /

noun

1. a member of an Anabaptist sect following the principles of Jacob Hutter (d. 1536) of Moravia and practicing community of goods and nonconformity.

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Hutterite British  

/ ˈhʌtəˌraɪt /

noun

1. a member of an Anabaptist Christian sect founded in Moravia, branches of which established farming communities in western Canada and the northwest US

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Other Word Forms

• Hutterian adjective

Etymology

Origin of Hutterite

1635–45; Jacob Hutter + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

The market regulator said that instead of goose down, the jackets mainly use duck down and claims that a type of down known as Hutterite down was the warmest Canadian down misled consumers.

From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2021

On a Hutterite colony southwest of Portage la Prairie, 20-year-old amateur photographer Rachelle Baer jumped into a truck with her father and headed out to get some shots of the storm.

From US News • Jul. 21, 2016

"Hutterite life makes my photos unique," he says.

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2013

National Geographic Channel CEO David Lyle says he is happy to meet with the Hutterite elders, but the show was an accurate and fair portrait of their life and an apology is unwarranted.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2012

“Keeping things under 150 just seems to be the best and most efficient way to manage a group of people,” Bill Gross, one of the leaders of a Hutterite colony outside Spokane told me.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell