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Webster 1913 Edition


Ishmaelite

Ish′ma-el-ite

,
Noun.
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
.