Definitions for ishmael



Overview of noun ishmael

The noun ishmael has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. Ishmael

((Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac; considered the forebear of 12 Arabian tribes)

2. outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael

(a person who is rejected (from society or home))

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