Amish

[ ah-mish, am-ish ]

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.

noun

1. the Amish people.

Amish

/ ˈɑːmɪʃ; ˈæ- /

adjective

1. of or relating to a US and Canadian Mennonite sect that traces its origin to Jakob Amman

noun

1. the Amish
   the Amish people

Amish

1. A group of Protestants who broke away from the Mennonites in the seventeenth century. The Amish live in close communities, farm for a living, and do without many modern conveniences, such as telephones, automobiles, and tractor-drawn plows.

Notes

Some of the Pennsylvania Dutch are Amish.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Amish¹

1835–45, Americanism; < German amisch, after Jakob Ammann; -ish ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of Amish¹

C19: from German Amisch, after Jakob Amman, 17th-century Swiss Mennonite bishop

Example Sentences

The butter is Kerrygold, from the milk of grass-fed cows in Ireland, the vegetables from Path Valley Farms in Pennsylvania, an Amish co-op tapped by some of Washington’s top restaurants.

From Washington Post

We’d walked the railroad tracks from Washington to Baltimore to Philly and then turned west at the Main Line and made Amish country by winter.

From Outside Online

Today, Amish women wearing traditional bonnets serve fresh-baked pies steps away from a stand of Middle Eastern foods and another selling mozzarella cheese made from local goat’s milk.

From Time

The first time I went, I rode in the passenger seat of Andy’s car, down the winding rural roads of Amish country.

From Eater

We found respite on flat roads separating cornfields, which we shared with Amish horse-drawn buggies.

From Outside Online

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

Aaron has flirted with our century; he and his wife learned some very un-Amish skills at the Homestead School.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

This confection was embossed with a hundred intricate designs, rich with silver; un-Amish as a Christmas tree.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg