mameluke

/ˈmaməluːk/

noun

  1. 1

    A member of a military regime created and run originally by freed white European slaves, which formed a ruling caste in Egypt from 1250 until 1812 and in Syria until 1516.

  2. 2

    A slave (especially European and white) in a Middle Eastern Muslim country.

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