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Mameluke
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Mohammedanism, who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Mameluke'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/m/mameluke.html. 1828.