Amish

adjective

ˈä-mish  ˈa- 

ˈā-

: of or relating to a strict sect of Mennonites who were followers of Amman and settled in America chiefly in the 18th century

Amish noun

Examples of Amish in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Last month, the Hardin County Common Pleas Court granted a temporary restraining order, according to Cory Anderson, a sociologist who studies Amish communities and has worked on the case. —Laura A. Bischoff, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024

Nowhere is this human, communal interaction more apparent than with Amish children. —Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024

There are records of virus outbreaks and autism in Amish communities. —Nate Trela, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Dec. 2024

That’s the case in an Amish community in Indiana, where Douglas Vaughan, director of the Potocsnak Longevity Institute at Northwestern University, and his team identified a very high proportion of people with a variant of the gene that produces a protein called PAI-1. —science.org, 21 Nov. 2024

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from German amisch, from Jacob Amman died before 1730 Swiss Mennonite elder + -isch -ish

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

Amish

adjective

ˈäm-ish  ˈam- 

ˈām-

: of or relating to the Mennonites who were followers of Amman and settled in America

Amish noun

Etymology

probably from German amisch, from Jacob Amman or Amen, flourished 1693–97, Swiss Mennonite bishop