mameluke

(Englisch)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A fool.
  2. (alt-of, rare) Alternative letter-case form of Mameluke.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈmaməluːk/
Etymologie (Englisch)

Sense 1 (“fool”) is probably derived from Mameluke (“member of various military regimes in the Middle East established and run by freed white slave soldiers; one who supports someone or something blindly or slavishly”).

Mameluck

Mamluk

mameluk

mameloc

mameluk

memlûk

μαμελούκος

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