Usually means: Protagonist in "Moby-Dick" novel.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word ishmael:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ishmael: Merriam-Webster
  2. Ishmael: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Ishmael, Ishmael: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Ishmael: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Ishmael: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ishmael: Wordnik
  7. Ishmael: Wiktionary
  8. Ishmael: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Ishmael: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. Ishmael: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Ishmael, ishmael: Dictionary.com
  12. Ishmael: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Ishmael (Moby-Dick), Ishmael (Moby Dick), Ishmael (Star Trek), Ishmael (book), Ishmael (disambiguation), Ishmael (novel), Ishmael: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Ishmael: Rhymezone
  15. ishmael: FreeDictionary.org
  16. ishmael: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. Ishmael: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. Ishmael: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ishmael: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)

Religion (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ishmael: Easton Bible
  2. World English Bible Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Ishmael: Catholic Encyclopedia
  4. Ishmael: Smith's Bible Dictionary
  5. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ishmael: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Ishmael)

▸ noun:  (Abrahamism, biblical) 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.
▸ noun:  A male given name from Hebrew.
▸ noun:  An outcast.

Similar:
Ismahel, Ishmaelite, Hagar, sons of Ishmael, Abraham, Nebaioth, Isaac, Hebrew, Sarah, Jacob, more...

Opposite:
Isaac, Abel, Jacob

Types:
wanderer, outcast, nomad, vagabond, drifter, more...

Phrases:
Ishmael Reed, Rabbi Ishmael, Ishmael in Islam, Ishmael Butler, Ishmael Beah, more...

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young, little, old, poor, bare, first, biblical, brilliant, modern, political, only

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Similar:
Ismahel, Ishmaelite, Hagar, sons of Ishmael, Abraham, Nebaioth, Isaac, Hebrew, Sarah, Jacob, more...

Opposite:
Isaac, Abel, Jacob

Types:
wanderer, outcast, nomad, vagabond, drifter, more...

Phrases:
Ishmael Reed, Rabbi Ishmael, Ishmael in Islam, Ishmael Butler, Ishmael Beah, Ishmael Hyman, Ishmael Bernal, Ishmael Muhammad, Isaac and Ishmael, Don't Call Me Ishmael, Ishmael Toroama, Ishmael Miller, more...

Adjectives:
young, little, old, poor, bare, first, biblical, brilliant, modern, political, only

Colors:
    white,     seafoam,     teal,     azure,     indigo, more...



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