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| Mam·e·luke [ mámmə lk ] or Mam·luk [ mám lk ] |
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member of military caste: a member of a former military caste, originally comprising enslaved Turks, that ruled Egypt between the 13th and the 16th centuries, remaining powerful until the early 19th century
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| [Early 16th century. Via French< Arabic mamlūk "enslaved person" < malaka "possess"] |
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