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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.
(lowercase) (in Muslim countries) a slave.
Origin:
1505–15; < Arabic mamlūk literally, slave, noun use of past participle of malaka to possess
1505–15; < Arabic mamlūk literally, slave, noun use of past participle of malaka to possess
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Word Origin & History
Mameluke
1511, Egyptian dynasty 1254-1517, originally a military unit comprised of Caucasian slaves, from Arabic mamluk "purchased slave," lit. "possessed," from pp. of malaka "he possessed" (cf. Arabic malik, Heb. melekh "king").
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