Definitions For Mameluke

Noun

MAMELUKE (plural MAMELUKEs) A member of a military regime created and run originally by freed white European slaves, which formed a ruling caste in Egypt from 1250 until 1812 and in Syria until 1516. (obsolete) A slave (especially European and white) in a Middle Eastern Muslim country.

Translations

Arabic: : Egyptian Arabic: مملوك, m (mamlūk) Armenian: մամելյուկ Portuguese: mameluco, m Russian: мамлю́к Spanish: mameluco, c Swedish: mamluk, c Tagalog: mameluko

Alternative forms

Mamaluke, mamaluke, mameluk, mameluke, mamluk, mamluk, mamluke, mammaluke memlook

Etymology

From {{etyl, fr, en}} mamelouk, , ultimately from {{etyl, ar, en}} مَمْلُوك, , slave (literally "possessed"), passive participle of مَلَكَ, , to possess, to acquire. {{doublet, en, mameluco}}.

Is Mameluke a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
20

The word Mameluke is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

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