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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member of an Anabaptist sect originating in Moravia and now living communally in parts of Canada and the northwest United States.

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  • noun A member of a communal branch of Anabaptists founded by Jakob Hutter.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Jakob Hutter, (died 1536), Moravian Anabaptist leader.]

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Hutter +‎ -ite

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