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Definition of Mameluke
1. n. One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Mohammedanism, who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811.
Definition of Mameluke
1. Noun. A member of a military regime created and run originally by freed white slaves, which formed a ruling caste in Egypt from 1250 until 1812 and in Syria until 1516. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A slave (especially white) in a Muslim country. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mameluke
1. a slave in Muslim countries [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mameluke
Literary usage of Mameluke
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hebrew Anthology: A Collection of Poems and Dramas Inspired by the Old by George Alexander Kohut (1913)
"mameluke. No present for the bearer?— I'm then the first whom Saladin has learned
... SECOND mameluke. There's still a third to come—if come he can. How so? ..."
2. A History of the Egyptian Revolution, from the Period of the Mamelukes to by Andrew Archibald Paton (1863)
"THE mameluke Sultans, instead of aspiring to naval power like the Algerines, were
contented to have the Venetians as their carriers, treating them, however, ..."
3. The Travels of Ludovico Di Varthema in Egypt, Syria, Arabia Deserta and by Lodovico de Varthema, John Winter Jones, George Percy Badger (1863)
"When a Moor meets a mameluke, although he may be the principal merchant of the
place, he is obliged to do honour and give place to the mameluke, ..."
4. Portraits of Celebrated Racehorses of the Past and Present Centuries: In by Thomas Henry Taunton (1887)
"8st 6lbs, not placed fora Handicap Plate of ^100, won by mameluke, ... Lamplighter
was the sire of the Derby winner, Phosphorus. mameluke ..."
5. Narrative of the Late Expedition to the Dead Sea: From a Diary by One of the edited by Edward P. Montague (1849)
"Marseilles—Pratique Office—Egyptian mameluke—Attractions in Marseilles—Water-spouts—Off
Malaga—Sails in sight—The old Dutchman—Gibraltar quarantine—Homeward ..."
6. A Visit to Monasteries in the Levant by Robert Curzon (1852)
"... Sultan Hassan—Egyptian Mode of "raisin; the Supplies"— Sultan Hassan's Mosque
the scene of frequent Conflicts—The Slaughter of the mameluke Beys in the ..."
7. Chambers's Biographical Dictionary: The Great of All Times and Nations by Francis Hindes Groome, David Patrick (1898)
"Although a man of vast knowledge, he had little critical insight or originality.
He wrote on the language of ancient Egypt, the mameluke s the Mongols of ..."
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