Mamluk

Mam·luk

noun \ˈmam-ˌlük\

Definition of MAMLUK

1

: a member of a politically powerful Egyptian military class occupying the sultanate from 1250 to 1517

2

often not capitalized : a white or east Asian slave in Muslim countries

Variants of MAMLUK

Mam·luk or Mam·e·luke \ˈma-mə-ˌlük\

Origin of MAMLUK

Arabic mamlūk, literally, slave

First Known Use: circa 1506

Rhymes with MAMLUK

archduke, blood fluke, caoutchouc, chibouk, Chinook, Dubuque, grand duke, Kirkuk, peruke, rebuke, Seljuk, Shilluk