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ishmael
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ishmael has 2 senses
- ishmael(n = noun.person) Array - (Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac; considered the forebear of 12 Arabian tribes; Array is a kind of patriarch
- ishmael(n = noun.person) castaway, outcast, pariah - a person who is rejected (from society or home); Array is a kind of unfortunate, unfortunate person
has particulars: heretic, misbeliever, religious outcast, leper, harijan, untouchable
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ishmael
DP, castaway, declasse, derelict, displaced person, evictee, exile, expatriate, expellee, leper, outcast, outcast of society, outcaste, outlaw, pariah, persona non grata, social outcast, unacceptable person, undesirable, untouchable
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