mameluke

Meaning

Noun

• a member of a military regime created and run originally by freed white European slaves, which formed a ruling caste in Egypt from 1250 until 1812 and in Syria until 1516.
• A slave (especially European and white) in a Middle Eastern Muslim country.

Origin

• From French mamelouk, ultimately from Arabic مَمْلُوك (literally "possessed"), passive participle of مَلَكَ. mameluco.