Ishmaelite
Americannoun
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a supposed descendant of Ishmael; a member of a desert people of Old Testament times
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rare an outcast
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The bitterness of my heart passes away, and the wild, mad nature that made me an Ishmaelite, with every man's hand against me, and my hand against all, is gone.
From Shadows of Shasta by Miller, Joaquin
Ibsen's analysis of disease, his examination of marriage problems, his Ishmaelite attacks on the present structure of civilised society—all this has had its effect on his contemporary and countryman.
From Essays on Modern Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon
The Ishmaelite in him refused to change his nature.
From The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon by Cullum, Ridgwell
None knew better than she that a contrary answer would make of Seyd an Ishmaelite with every man’s hand raised against his life.
From The Mystery of The Barranca by Whitaker, Herman
They scorn their dreaming brother's right To visions he may have, And to the warring Ishmaelite They sell him as a slave.
From War Rhymes by Wayfarer by Cosens, Abner
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