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Amish
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amish
English
Etymology
From en pdc Amisch or en de Amische, after the name of the Swiss preacher Jakob Amman (1645-1730). The surname is a contraction of en goh ambahtman.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɑː.mɪʃ/ /ˈæ.mɪʃ/ /ˈeɪ.mɪʃ/
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Noun
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A strict Anabaptist sect living mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana.
Translations
a strict Anabaptist sect
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 阿米什教派 Āmǐshén Jiàopài
Esperanto: eo amiŝoj
Finnish: fi amissit
French: fr Amish
German: adjective-derived noun de Amische m-p
Irish: ga Amanaigh m-p
Japanese: ja アーミッシュ āmisshu
Marathi: mr आमिश, mr एमिश
Portuguese: pt amish m-p
Spanish: es amish m-p ámish
Swedish: sv amishfolket n
Adjective
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Relating to this sect.
en Sam Janesch Meet Lloyd Smucker: Amish-born congressman seeking a second term on tax cuts and conservative record w:Lancaster Online https://lancasteronline.com/news/politics/meet-lloyd-smucker-amish-born-congressman-seeking-a-second-term-on-tax-cuts-and-conservative/article_af30edb0-d3e1-11e8-ad23-7f83602bfde8.html 2018-10-21 U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker gestures to the National Mall while showing a group of Amish men from Quarryville and Paradise the House speaker's balcony at the U.S. Capitol to on Sept. 26, 2018. Smucker is running for re-election to represent the 11th Congressional District. https://web.archive.org/web/20220904160102/https://lancasteronline.com/news/politics/meet-lloyd-smucker-amish-born-congressman-seeking-a-second-term-on-tax-cuts-and-conservative/article_af30edb0-d3e1-11e8-ad23-7f83602bfde8.html
Derived terms
en Amish bus driver rule Amish friendship bread Amishman Amishness Amishperson Amishwoman
Translations
relating to the Amish sect
Esperanto: eo amiŝa
Finnish: fi amissi amissi-
German: de amisch
Irish: ga Amanach
Portuguese: pt amish
Spanish: es amish ámish
Anagrams
en ahims 'ismah Isham Masih Misha Shima
en eponyms
en Protestantism