mameluke
Pronunciation: /ˈmamɪl(j)uːk/
The English word “mameluke” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- A fool.
Etymology
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”).
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