a member of a Protestant religious group that lives in the US and Canada. Mennonites live a simple life and do not work as public officials or soldiers. 门诺派教徒(美国和加拿大一个新教教派的成员,生活简朴,不当公务员或服兵役) CultureThe Amish and the Hutterite are Mennonites. Their rules come from the Bible, and they only baptize adults. The Mennonites came to the US from Switzerland in 1683 and settled mainly in Pennsylvania and the Midwest. They named themselves after Menno Simons, a 16th-century Dutch Anabaptist leader.Word Originfrom the name of its founder, Menno Simons (1496–1561), + -ite.