Bible Dictionaries
Amish
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n. pl.) The Amish Mennonites.
(2):
(a.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Amish'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/amish.html. 1828.