a member of an Anabaptist Christian sect founded in Moravia, branches of which established farming communities in western Canada and the northwest US
Word origin
C19: after Jacob Hutter (died 1536), Moravian Anabaptist
Hutterite in American English
(ˈhʌtərˌaɪt)
US
noun
any member of a group of Anabaptists, originally from Moravia, who live communally in the Dakotas, Montana, and Alberta, Canada, with beliefs and customs much like those of the Mennonites
Word origin
after J. Hutter, 16th-c. Austrian religious reformer + -ite1