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Meaning of ISHMAELITE

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ish"ma*el*ite\, n.
1. 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.'' --Gen. xvi. 12.

2. One at enmity with society; a wanderer; a vagabond; an
   outcast. --Thackeray.

3. See {Ismaelian}.

 

 

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