ishmael

English Thesaurus

1. a person who is rejected (from society or home) (noun.person)

hypernym	:	unfortunate, unfortunate person,
definition	:	a person who suffers misfortune (noun.person)

hyponym	:	heretic, misbeliever, religious outcast,
definition	:	a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church (noun.person)

hyponym	:	leper,
definition	:	a pariah who is avoided by others (noun.person)

hyponym	:	harijan, untouchable,
definition	:	belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India (noun.person)

2. (Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac; considered the forebear of 12 Arabian tribes (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	patriarch,
definition	:	any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race (noun.person)

domain category	:	old testament,
definition	:	the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible (noun.communication)

3. a person who is rejected (from society or home) (noun.person)

derivation	:	friendless, outcast,
definition	:	excluded from a society (adj.all)

derivation	:	friendless, outcast,
definition	:	excluded from a society (adj.all)