Ishmael
['iʃmεəl]
Definition
(noun.) (Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac; considered the forebear of 12 Arabian tribes.
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Examples
- The fact remains also that throughout this period Edison, while himself a very Ishmael, never ceased to study, explore, experiment. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- To the book of Genesis the reader must go to read how Abraham, being childless, doubted this promise, and of the births of Ishmael and Isaac. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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