mammaluke

English

Noun

mammaluke (plural mammalukes)

1. Alternative spelling of Mameluke
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of Steedes, Called in French Destriers”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 156:

     The Mammalukes boaſt, that they have the nimbleſt and readieſt horſes of any men at armes in the vvorld.