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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Amish /ˈɑmɪʃ, ˈæ, ˈe-/

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Am·ish n. sing. & pl. [Written also Omish.] Eccl. Hist. The Amish Mennonites.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Am·ish, a. [Written also Omish.] Eccl. Hist. 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.  A branch having particularly strict adherence to the Amish principles are called Old Order Amish
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Amish
      n : an American follower of the Mennonite religion