2. Noun. (plurale tantum) overalls ¹
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Definition of Mamelucos
1. mameluco [n] - See also: mameluco
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mamelucos
Literary usage of Mamelucos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. La Plata, the Argentine Confederation and Paraguay: Being a Narrative of the by Thomas Jefferson Page (1859)
"... and Taño are dispatched to the Continent : their Missions are crowned with
Sur- -Fire-arms and papal Briefs.—Another Attack of the mamelucos. ..."
2. The Spanish Dependencies in South America: An Introduction to the History of by Bernard Moses (1914)
"... PARAGUAY, AND TUCUMAN I. Hernando Arias de Saavedra. II. The division of the
river province. III. The mamelucos. IV. Buenos Aires. ..."
3. A Vanished Arcadia: Being Some Account of the Jesuits in Paraguay, 1607 to 1767 by Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1901)
"... missions—New settlements founded^-Relations of Jesuits with Indians and Spanish
colonists-/Destruction of missions by the mamelucos—Father Maceta—Padre ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Intermarrying with the women of the wild tribes, they produced the mixed breed
of mamelucos, which combined the courage and persistence of the white race, ..."
5. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1812)
"The mamelucos discovered a greater spirit of resistance amongst the new-made ...
In 1630, the mamelucos destroyed various settlements of the missions, ..."
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