Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ishmaelite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ishmaelite \Ish"ma*el*ite\, n.
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}.
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