mameluco

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese mameluco, from Arabic مَمْلُوك‎ (mamlūk, “slave”).

Noun

mameluco (plural mamelucos)

  1. (South America) a child born of a white father and American Indian mother

Translations

Adjective

mameluco (comparative more mameluco, superlative most mameluco)

  1. (South America) born of a white father and American Indian mother

Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mameluco in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَمْلُوك‎ (mamlūk, “slave”).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌma.me.ˈlu.ku/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧me‧lu‧co

Noun

mameluco m (plural mamelucos, feminine mameluca, feminine plural mamelucas)

  1. (historical) mameluke (member of a military regime in mediaeval and early modern Egypt and Syria)
  2. mameluco (person born of a white father and American Indian mother)

Adjective

mameluco m (feminine singular mameluca, masculine plural mamelucos, feminine plural mamelucas, comparable)

  1. mameluco
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