Plain People


Plain People

noun

Definition of PLAIN PEOPLE

: members of any of various Protestant groups (as Mennonites) especially in the United States who wear distinctively plain clothes and adhere to a simple and traditional style of life excluding many conveniences of modern technology

First Known Use of PLAIN PEOPLE

1904

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