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(Abrahamic religions) The eldest son of Abraham and his wife's handmaiden Hagar who were cast out after the birth of Isaac; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs via the Ishmaelites. quotations examples
And Hagar bare Abram a ſonne: and Abram called his ſonnes name, which Hagar bare, Iſhmael.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Genesis 16:15, column 1
A male given name from Hebrew. quotations examples
Call me Ishmael.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Loomings”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, page 1
(type) An outcast. quotations examples
His new friend was evidently a young Ishmael - his hand against every man and every man's hand against him.
1932, Frank Richards [pen name], “Bunter's Night Out”, in The Magnet