\Am"ish\, n. pl. [Written also {Omish}.] (Eccl. Hist.)
The Amish Mennonites.

\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.