Mameluke

[ mam-uh-look ]

/ ˈmæm əˌluk /

noun

a member of a military class, originally composed of slaves, that seized control of the Egyptian sultanate in 1250, ruled until 1517, and remained powerful until massacred or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811.

(lowercase) (in Muslim countries) a slave.

Origin of Mameluke

1505–15; < Arabic mamlūk literally, slave, noun use of past participle of malaka to possess

Example sentences from the Web for mameluke

The mameluke forbade them to come any more near us, and by this means saved my life.

Early Travels in Palestine |Arculf et al.
Another accomplishment of the mameluke is opening provision boxes and getting out the tin cans they contain.

The Bungalow Boys North of Fifty-Three |Dexter J. Forrester
When you are a full-fledged Mameluke, there will be no naqeeb over you to right your wrongs.

The Saracen: Land of the Infidel |Robert Shea
That same evening I supped with the mameluke; but we had only bread, cheese, and milk.

Early Travels in Palestine |Arculf et al.

That is what the very word Mameluke means, and I am proud to be a Mameluke.

The Saracen: Land of the Infidel |Robert Shea

British Dictionary definitions for mameluke

Mameluke

Mamaluke Mamluk (ˈmæmluːk)

/ (ˈmæməˌluːk) /

noun

a member of a military class, originally of Turkish slaves, ruling in Egypt from about 1250 to 1517 and remaining powerful until crushed in 1811

(in Muslim countries) a slave

Word Origin for Mameluke

C16: via French, ultimately from Arabic mamlūk slave, from malaka to possess

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Mameluke

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British Dictionary definitions for mameluke

Mamaluke Mamluk (ˈmæmluːk)

noun

Word Origin for Mameluke