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Ishmaels

Ishmaels is the plural of Ishmael.

Meaning of Ishmael

Noun

Ishmael (plural Ishmaels)

  1. An outcast.
    • Call me Ishmael. Some years ago — never mind how long precisely — having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and regulating the...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 1, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 1

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Questions about Ishmaels

What is Ishmaels the plural of?
Ishmaels is the plural of Ishmael.

Words near Ishmaels in the dictionary

  1. Ishmaelite
  2. Ishmaelites
  3. Ishmaelitic
  4. Ishmaelitish
  5. Ishmaelitism
  6. Ishmaels
  7. Ishman
  8. Ishmans
  9. Ishpatina
  10. ishpingo
  11. ishpingos

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