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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Amish
    n 1: an American follower of the Mennonite religion

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Amish \Am"ish\, n. sing. & pl. [Written also Omish.] (Eccl.
   Hist.)
   The Amish Mennonites.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Amish \Am"ish\, a. [Written also Omish.] (Eccl. Hist.)
   Of, pertaining to, or designating, the followers of Jacob
   Amman, a strict Mennonite of the 17th century, who even
   proscribed the use of buttons and shaving as "worldly
   conformity". There are several branches of Amish Mennonites
   in the United States. A branch having particularly strict
   adherence to the Amish principles are called Old Order
   Amish
   [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

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