Noun ishmael has 2 senses
  1. Ishmael - (Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac; considered the forebear of 12 Arabian tribes
    --1 is a kind of
    patriarch
  2. outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael - a person who is rejected (from society or home)
    --2 is a kind of unfortunate, unfortunate person
    --2 has particulars:
     heretic, misbeliever, religious outcast; leper; untouchable, Harijan
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