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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
Noun
mameluke (plural mamelukes)
- (US (Italian-American), derogatory, slang) A fool.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool
2010 June 3, James Ellroy, American Tabloid:Kabikov: “Hey, I’m setting a mood.” Mad Sal: “I’ll mood you, you mameluke.
2014 January 28, Anthony Bruno, Bad Guys: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:“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
French
Adjective
mameluke
- feminine singular of mameluk