Ishmael

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1. Ishmael - Noun

2. Ishmael - Proper noun

Meaning

a person who is rejected (from society or home)

(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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Ahab's purpose exercises a mysterious spell on Ishmael: "Ahab's quenchless feud seemed mine". Source: Internet

Although Ishmael initially is afraid of Queequeg as a tattooed cannibal, he soon decides, "Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian." Source: Internet

Bryant and Springer (2007), xvi While both have an angry sense of being orphaned, they try to come to terms with this hole in their beings in different ways: Ahab with violence, Ishmael with meditation. Source: Internet

According to Islamic tradition, Ishmael, infant son of the Prophet Abraham (known to the Arabs as Ibrahim), and his mother Hagar were left in a desolate valley in western Arabia. Source: Internet

For an entire day, Ishmael floats on it, and then the Rachel, still looking for its lost seamen, rescues him. Source: Internet

After turning her life around, she meets one of the top men in the game, Ishmael Jenkins, and falls for him, not knowing his secret past. Source: Internet

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