Reference meaning
mameluke
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A fool.
Other meanings
2. noun
A member of various military regimes in the Middle East established and run by freed white slave soldiers, mainly from the Eurasian steppe or the Caucasus; in particular, those who formed a ruling caste in Egypt from 1250 until 1812 and in Syria from 1260 until 1516.
3. noun
One who supports someone or something blindly or slavishly; specifically, one who supports the Roman Catholic Church in this manner.
4. noun
A slave (especially one who is a white European) in a Middle Eastern Muslim country.
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