Mennonite
men·no·nite
noun
1.
a member of an Anabaptist movement in Holland noted for its simplicity of life
Origin
Eponymous to Menno Simons, the second-generation leader of the denomination, + -ite. Menno's own name is of West Frisian origin and was originally spelled Minne (compare the name Mein, itself ultimately related to *magan (“to be able”)).
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