Ishmaelitish

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Ish´ma`el`i`tish

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an Ishmaelite or the Ishmaelites.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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However, while Reuben was away for a little while, the brethren sold Joseph to some Ishmaelitish merchants who were journeying towards Egypt.

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Similarly, in The Return of the Native, "the wild 'Ishmaelitish' Heath is one of the dramatis personas, and enters into the action as the moors do in 'Wuthering Heights'" (26-27).

Mary Augusta Ward on "The Peasant in Literature"

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