Ishmaelite
noun
a descendant of Ishmael, the traditional ancestor of the Arab peoples.
Ishmaelitish
-
a word derived from
Ishmaelite.
Example Sentences
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The Swallow was well found and well armed, and showed a livelier pair of heels than I had looked for, and that, in an Ishmaelitish craft, was a consideration and a comfort.
From Carette of Sark by John Oxenham
His books are the praise of the Ishmaelitish life in a world of law and order.
From Old and New Masters by Robert Lynd
Still there was a fascination about it all, a suggestion of vagabondism, of Ishmaelitish wanderings, of having "here no continuing city," that touched the heart of a certain Methodist minister's daughter in our party.
From An American Girl Abroad by Adeline Trafton
Did not Joseph's brethren sell him to a passing Ishmaelitish caravan?
From The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
Behind and beyond all his Ishmaelitish tactics there were thoughts of a reconstruction.
From Lloyd George The Man and His Story by Frank Dilnot
