Hutterite


Hut·ter·ite

H0336300 (hŭt′ə-rīt′, ho͝ot′-)n. A member of an Anabaptist sect originating in Moravia and now living communally in parts of Canada and the northwest United States.
[After Jakob Hutter (died 1536), Moravian Anabaptist leader.]

Hutterite

(ˈhʌtəˌraɪt) n (Christian Churches, other) a member of an Anabaptist Christian sect founded in Moravia, branches of which established farming communities in western Canada and the northwest US[C19: after Jacob Hutter (died 1536), Moravian Anabaptist]

Hut•ter•ite

(ˈhʌt əˌraɪt, ˈhʊt-)

n. a member of an Anabaptist sect founded in Moravia that practices community of goods. [1635–45; after Jacob Hutter (d. 1536), leader of the sect; see -ite1] Hut•ter•i•an (həˈtɪər i ən, hʊ-) adj., n.