Ishmaelite

[ ish-mee-uh-lahyt, -mey-uh-, -muh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Ishmaelite

/ ˈɪʃmeɪəˌlaɪt /

a supposed descendant of Ishmael; a member of a desert people of Old Testament times
rare.
an outcast

First recorded in 1570–80; Ishmael + -ite ¹

It seemed as if he were a prophet of wrath,--an Ishmaelite whose hand was against everybody.

It was clear at such times that this Ishmaelite's hand must be against every man, and every man's hand against her.

The Ishmaelite tribes, in fact, spoke dialects in which Canaanitish and Arabic elements were mingled together.

The political convulsions of the last two years, have brought out the veteran Ishmaelite in two characteristic works.

The Illustrator is the very Ishmaelite of collectors—his hand is against every man, and every man's hand is against him.

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