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Ishmaelite

Syllables: Ish·ma·e·lite/ˈɪʃ.meɪ.əˌlaɪt/

Ishmaelite noun: any descendant of Ishmael.

Noun

Ishmaelite (plural Ishmaelites)

  1. Any descendant of Ishmael.
  2. (broadly) An outcast.
  3. (derogatory, figuratively) An Arab Muslim.
    • The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Shenute is not the oldest surviving work to allege that the Muslim “Ishmaelites” were interested in restoring the biblical Temple. That distinction belongs to the History of Sebeos, which, as we observed in chapter 2, portrays Jews as the driving force behind the Muslim...2023 October 1, David M. Freidenreich, chapter 4, in Jewish Muslims: How Christians Imagined Islam as the Enemy, Oakland, California: University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 70

Ishmaelite meaning in Tamil

Ishmaelite in Tamil

இஷ்மாயிலின் மரபினர், பெடாவி அராபிய இனம் சார்ந்தவர், சமூகத்திலிருந்து ஒதுககப்பட்டவர்

Synonyms of Ishmaelite

  • child of Ishmael

Forms of Ishmaelite

pluralIshmaelites

Origin of Ishmaelite

From Ishmael + -ite.

Words formed from Ishmaelite

Questions about Ishmaelite

What does Ishmaelite mean?
Ishmaelite means any descendant of Ishmael.
What is Ishmaelite in Tamil?
Ishmaelite in Tamil is இஷ்மாயிலின் மரபினர், பெடாவி அராபிய இனம் சார்ந்தவர், சமூகத்திலிருந்து ஒதுககப்பட்டவர். See Ishmaelite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Ishmaelite?
Ishmaelite is a noun.
How do you pronounce Ishmaelite?
Ishmaelite is pronounced /ˈɪʃ.meɪ.əˌlaɪt/.
What is the plural of Ishmaelite?
The plural of Ishmaelite is Ishmaelites.

Words near Ishmaelite in the dictionary

  1. Ishkoshim
  2. ishkyldite
  3. Ishmael
  4. Ishmaelian
  5. Ishmaelians
  6. Ishmaelite
  7. Ishmaelites
  8. Ishmaelitic
  9. Ishmaelitish
  10. Ishmaelitism
  11. Ishmaels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ishmaelite (page history and authors); ishmaelite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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