mameluke

See also: Mameluke

English

Etymology

Sense 1 (“fool”) is probably derived from Mameluke (“member of various military regimes in the Middle East established and run by freed white slave soldiers; one who supports someone or something blindly or slavishly”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmamɪl(j)uːk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmæməˌluk/
Hyphenation: mam‧e‧luke

Noun

mameluke (plural mamelukes)

(US (Italian-American), derogatory, slang) A fool.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool
- 2010 June 3, James Ellroy, American Tabloid‎^[1]:
  Kabikov: “Hey, I’m setting a mood.” Mad Sal: “I’ll mood you, you mameluke.
- 2014 January 28, Anthony Bruno, Bad Guys‎^[2]:
  My goddamn son-in-law, my right-hand man, acting like a fucking mameluke in front of all those people.” “Maybe he acted that way on purpose,” Tozzi said, “To make you think he was a mameluke.” “He was a mameluke!”
- 2021 January 14, Harry Brooks, Nothing Beats Luck‎^[3]:
  “I’m saying there are some asshole cops who take their ‘collar’ out to the desert and bury him. […] There is nothing I would enjoy more than to put that mameluke Mikey Esposito in the ground . . . but that’s not going to happen.”
(rare) Alternative letter-case form of Mameluke

Translations

fool — see fool

French

Adjective

mameluke

feminine singular of mameluk