Usually means: Slave soldiers, later political rulers.
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  1. Mamluk: Merriam-Webster
  2. Mamluk: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Mamluk: Wordnik
  4. Mamluk, mamluk: Wiktionary
  5. Mamluk (disambiguation), Mamluk: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Mamluk: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Mamluk: Encyclopedia

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  1. Encyclopedia of the Orient (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Mamluk)

noun:  Alternative form of Mameluke [(historical) 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.]
noun:  Alternative form of Mameluke [(historical) 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.]

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