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Mam·e·luke (m

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A member of a former military caste, originally composed of slaves from Turkey, that held the Egyptian throne from about 1250 until 1517 and remained powerful until 1811.

[French mameluk, from Arabic mamlk, slave, Mameluke, passive participle of malaka, to possess; see mlk in Semitic roots.]

Mameluke, Mamaluke [ˈmæməˌluːk], Mamluk [ˈmæmluːk]

1. (Historical Terms) (Military) 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. (Historical Terms) (in Muslim countries) a slave

[via French, ultimately from Arabic mamlūk slave, from malaka to possess]

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Baybars I Cairo El Mansûra Mamaluke	Four days before, sentinels of the Preobrazhensk regiment had stood in front of the house to which Balashev was conducted, and now two French grenadiers stood there in blue uniforms unfastened in front and with shaggy caps on their heads, and an escort of hussars and Uhlans and a brilliant suite of aides-de-camp, pages, and generals, who were waiting for Napoleon to come out, were standing at the porch, round his saddle horse and his Mameluke, Rustan. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context This,' they will say, 'is he who vanquished in single combat the gigantic Brocabruno of mighty strength; he who delivered the great Mameluke of Persia out of the long enchantment under which he had been for almost nine hundred years. Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context For these feats of horsemanship two things are necessary: a most severe bit, like the Mameluke, the power of which, though seldom used, the horse knows full well; and large blunt spurs, that can be applied either as a mere touch, or as an instrument of extreme pain. The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context	Malvales malvasia Malvastrum Malvastrum coccineum Malvaviscus Malvern Malvern Hills malversate malversation Malvesie Malvina Hoffman Malvinas malvoisie malwa malware mam mama mama's boy mamaguy Mamaluke mamba Mamberamo mambo mamelon Mameluco Mameluke Mamet mamey mamilla mamillary body mamillate Mamillated mamma mamma's boy mammal mammal family mammal genus mammal Semnopithecus Mammalia mammalian Mammaliferous Mammalogical Mammalogist mammalogy mammaplasty mammaries mammary mammary gland Mammea Mammea americana mammee	Mamdouh Barakat Risk Management MAMDT Mame MAMEA Mamed Mamediarov Mamed Ragim Mamed Said Ordubady Mamedbekov, Kerim Mamedbekov, Kerim Guseinovich Mamediarov, Mamed Mamedkala Mamedkhanly, Enver Gafar Ogly Mamedkulizade, Dzhalil Mamedov, Mekhti Asadulla Ogly Mamedova, Shevket Gasan Kyzy Mamee mamees Mamelon Mamelon Mamelon mamelons mamelons mamelons Mamelouk Mameluco Mameluk Mameluk Dynasty Mameluke Mameluke dynasty Mamelukes Mamelukes Mameluks Mamemaki No Hi Mamertines Mamertini MAMES Mamestra brassicae Mamestra Brassicae Multiple Nucleocapsid Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus Mamestra Brassicae Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus Mamet Mamet Mamet, David Mamet, David Mametchi mamey Mamey apple Mamey Investment Corporation Mameyes mameys MaMF MAMFC MAMFT MAMG MAMGA

Four days before, sentinels of the Preobrazhensk regiment had stood in front of the house to which Balashev was conducted, and now two French grenadiers stood there in blue uniforms unfastened in front and with shaggy caps on their heads, and an escort of hussars and Uhlans and a brilliant suite of aides-de-camp, pages, and generals, who were waiting for Napoleon to come out, were standing at the porch, round his saddle horse and his Mameluke, Rustan.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

This,' they will say, 'is he who vanquished in single combat the gigantic Brocabruno of mighty strength; he who delivered the great Mameluke of Persia out of the long enchantment under which he had been for almost nine hundred years.

Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context

For these feats of horsemanship two things are necessary: a most severe bit, like the Mameluke, the power of which, though seldom used, the horse knows full well; and large blunt spurs, that can be applied either as a mere touch, or as an instrument of extreme pain.

The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context

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