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1. (n.) Ishmaelite
a member of a Biblical people descended from Ishmael, who is regarded in Muslim tradition as the progenitor of the Arabs.
Etymology: (1570–80)
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1. (noun) ishmaelite
a descendant of Ishmael (the son of Abraham and Hagar), of whom it was said, "His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him."
2. (noun) ishmaelite
one at enmity with society; a wanderer; a vagabond; an outcast
3. (noun) ishmaelite
see Ismaelian
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