Mameluke

American  

[mam-uh-look] / ˈmæm əˌluk /

noun

1. 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.

2. Archaic. mameluke. (in Muslim countries) a slave.

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Mameluke British  

/ ˈmæmluːk, ˈmæməˌluːk /

noun

1. 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

2. (in Muslim countries) a slave

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Etymology

Origin of Mameluke

First recorded in 1505–15; from Arabic mamlūk literally, “slave,” noun use of past participle of malaka “to possess”