ISHMAEL

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• ISHMAEL (noun)
  The noun ISHMAEL has 2 senses:

1. (Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac; considered the forebear of 12 Arabian tribes

2. a person who is rejected (from society or home)

  Familiarity information: ISHMAEL used as a noun is rare.

• ISHMAEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac; considered the forebear of 12 Arabian tribes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

patriarch (any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race)

Domain category:

Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who is rejected (from society or home)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

castaway; Ishmael; outcast; pariah

Hypernyms ("Ishmael" is a kind of...):

unfortunate; unfortunate person (a person who suffers misfortune)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Ishmael"):

heretic; misbeliever; religious outcast (a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church)

leper (a pariah who is avoided by others)

Harijan; untouchable (belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India)