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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Origin of Ishmaelite
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But for the fatal resemblance, the mysterious heritage of unbridled passion bequeathed to the Ishmaelite offspring, the heir of his ancient house had doubtless escaped injustice, imprisonment, and death.
From Nevermore by Rolf Bolderwood
She saw that he had the straight serious features of the Ishmaelite, but lacked the fierce yet wondering gaze of the Arab.
From The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem by Frank X. Leyendecker
The Ishmaelite in him refused to change his nature.
From The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon by Ridgwell Cullum
Hear, O spirit world, if such there be, that, in the days to come, you may witness how faithfully Earl Bluefield, Humanity's Ishmaelite, kept his word.
From The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist by Robert E. Bell
A number of men sitting on the floor represented by their haughty aspect and magnificent physique the royalty of the Ishmaelite descent from Abraham.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
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