Mamluk
noun
Mam·luk ˈmam-ˌlük 
variants or Mameluke
ˈma-mə-ˌlük
plural Mamluks or Mamelukes
1
: a member of a politically powerful Egyptian military class occupying the sultanate from 1250 to 1517
2
often not capitalized : a white or east Asian enslaved person in a Muslim country
Word History
Etymology
Arabic mamlūk, literally, slave
First Known Use
circa 1506, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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