The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Amish \Am"ish\, n. sing. & pl. [Written also Omish.] (Eccl.
Hist.)
The Amish Mennonites.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Amish \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
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]