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ISHMAEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who is rejected (from society or home)
Synonyms:
castaway; Ishmael; outcast; pariah
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
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)
