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Pronounced //ˈɪʃ.meɪ.əl//.

Ishmael

Common synonyms include: ancestral figure, biblical figure, biblical name, castaway, castaway, declasse.

/ˈɪʃ.meɪ.əl/ name, noun

name, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Noun

1
An outcast.
"His new friend was evidently a young Ishmael — his hand against every man and every man's hand against him."
2
a person who is rejected (from society or home) wordnet

Proper Noun

1
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.
"And Hagar bare Abram a ſonne: and Abram called his ſonnes name, which Hagar bare, Iſhmael."
2
A male given name from Hebrew.
"Call me Ishmael."

"In the wild wilderness, a leopard mother caresses her cub, as Hagar did Ishmael; or a queen of France the dauphin."

From Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל (yishma'él (yišmāʿēl), “God hears, God will hear”). Doublet of Ismail.