Amish
adjective
ˈä-mish 
ˈa-
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
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