"Shane laughs till some kind of mameluke or private secretary he carries with him has to hold him up. From Wordnik.com. [Options] Reference
He was shot by a mameluke, Si Smyle, and fell in a thicket, wallowing in his blood. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Morocco] Reference
At his first motion Roustan, his famous mameluke, hastened to hold his horse. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Mystery] Reference
The Well of Mermelechas apparently refers to the tradition of a seafaring mameluke. From Wordnik.com. [American Chronicle] Reference
An officer gallops up with his sabre clicking; a mameluke gallops down with his charger kicking. From Wordnik.com. [Men, Women and Ghosts] Reference
Overthrow of the mameluke power in Egypt, by Selim I, who annexes that country to the Ottoman empire. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09] Reference
Those attached to his personal service were Hambard, head valet; Herbert, ordinary valet; and Roustan, mameluke of the First Consul. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of the private life of Napoleon]
Mongols -- so as to keep them out of the city -- on an island in the Nile, whence they were called Baharites, and the first mameluke dynasty. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante)] Reference
But in his disappointment he yelled so loudly that Madame Bonaparte heard him; and as she had quite a fancy for her mameluke, I was sharply scolded. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of the private life of Napoleon]
Eibek's minor son was now raised by the emirs to the titular sultanate; and Kotuz, a distinguished mameluke of Charizmian birth, persuaded to assume the uninviting post of vicegerent. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante)] Reference
The Sheik of Cairo, in making a present to General Bonaparte of a magnificent Arab horse, had given him at the same time Roustan and Ibrahim, another mameluke, who was afterwards attached to the service of Madame Bonaparte, under the name of Ali. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of the private life of Napoleon]
He rode a very noble white horse and wore a Polish kurtka of light blue velvet which reached down to the knees, embroidered with golden lace, dark red mameluke pantaloons with golden galloons, white gauntlets and a three-cornered general's hat with white plumes; the saddle was of red velvet and a caparison of the same stuff, all embroidered with gold. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812] Reference
Maurice, on the other hand, was branded a mameluke, condemned as a renegade and an apostate, despised as the traitor of Lutheranism, and abhorred as the "Judas of. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church] Reference
Mad Sal: "I'll mood you, you mameluke.". From Wordnik.com. [American Tabloid]
I use a mameluke. From Wordnik.com. [The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse] Reference
A mameluke, he loved her. From Wordnik.com. [Poems] Reference
A mameluke fierce yonder dagger has drawn. From Wordnik.com. [Ballads] Reference
Then this bold mameluke drew his trusty chibouque. From Wordnik.com. [Abdul Abulbul Amir] Reference
3. mameluke. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
Arab guards, who follow behind him; then, about five or six miles further, overtaking the Turkish soldiers, who, on his coming up, are drawn up on each side of the road, his Highness salutes them; and then afterwards the water-carriers are saluted, being most important personages in the dry countries of this circuit, and last of all, the gunners; after all which, the Bey sends forward a mameluke, who returns with the Commander, or Agha of the Arabs, to his Highness. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Morocco] Reference
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