the son of Abraham and Hagar, Sarah's handmaid: the ancestor of 12 Arabian tribes (Genesis 21:8–21; 25:12–18)
2.
a bandit chieftain, who defied the Babylonian conquerors of Judah and assassinated the governor appointed by Nebuchadnezzar (II Kings 25:25; Jeremiah 40:13–41:18)
3. rare
an outcast
Ishmael in American English
(ˈɪʃmeɪəl)
noun
1.
the son of Abraham and Hagar: he and his mother were made outcasts: Gen. 21:9-21
2.
an outcast
Word origin
LL(Ec) Ismaël < Heb yishmāʼē'l, lit., God hears
Examples of 'Ishmael' in a sentence
Ishmael
Meanwhile the Arabs were the sons of Ishmael, who was the son Abraham fathered with Hagar.