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ismaili
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ismaili has 1 sense
- ismaili(n = noun.person) ismailian - an adherent of Ismailism; a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism; Array is a kind of adherent, disciple
Adjective ismaili has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ismaili, n. (pl. Ismailis) a member of a Muslim Shiite sect that arose in the 8th c.
Etymology
Ismail a son of the patriarch Ibrahim (= Abraham)
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