Pronunciation: ' mam- ˌ lük
Variant: or Mam · e · luke \ ' ma-m ə - ˌ lük \
Function: noun
Etymology: Arabic maml ū k, literally, slave
Date: circa 1506
1 : a member of a politically powerful Egyptian military class occupying the sultanate from 1250 to 1517
2 often not capitalized : a white or east Asian slave in Muslim countries