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adj
Born of a white father and American Indian mother, particularly in South America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, historical
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noun
A child born of one white parent and one Brazilian Indian parent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese mameluco, from Arabic مَمْلُوك (mamlūk, “slave”). Doublet of mameluke.
Across languages
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