TheAmish are members of a Protestant sect whose rural way of life is simple and strict.
...groups like the Amish who lack conventional medical insurance.
2. adjective [usu ADJ n]
Amish means relating to the Amish people or their religion.
...an Amish community.
Amish in British English
(ˈɑːmɪʃ, ˈæ-)
adjective
1.
of or relating to a US and Canadian Mennonite sect that traces its origin to Jakob Amman
noun
2. the Amish
Word origin
C19: from German Amisch, after Jakob Amman, 17th-century Swiss Mennonite bishop
Amish in American English
(ˈɑmɪʃ; ˈæmɪʃ; ˈeɪmɪʃ)
US
plural noun
1.
the members of a Christian sect that separated from the Mennonites in the 17th cent.: in the U.S. since the 18th cent., the Amish favor plain dress and plain living, with little reliance on modern conveniences, in a chiefly agrarian society
adjective
2.
designating or of this sect
Word origin
after Jacob Ammann (or Amen), the founder
Examples of 'Amish' in a sentence
Amish
Besides, she was becoming more unpopular by the moment in the Amish neighbourhood.
Keene, Carolyn THE WITCH TREE SYMBOL
A pleasant-faced woman, wearing a green dress and the traditional Amish cap and apron, opened the door.
Keene, Carolyn THE WITCH TREE SYMBOL
The corner walls were primarily glass and, twenty stories down, the east side of St. Paul spread to the horizon like an Amish autumn quilt.