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Word: Mameluke
Speech Type: Noun
from French mameluk, from Arabic mamlūk (passive participle used as a noun meaning ‘slave’), from malaka ‘possess’
ˈmamɪl(j)uːk
a member of a regime descended from Turkish, Mongol, and Circassian slaves which ruled Syria (1260–1516) and Egypt (1250–1517), and continued as a ruling military caste in Ottoman Egypt until massacred by the viceroy Muhammad Ali in 1811.
Short Definition:member of regime descended from Turkish, Mongol, and Circassian slaves
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