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  • noun Plural form of mameluco.
  • noun plurale tantum overalls

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Examples

  • People of mixed background (called mulatos, mamelucos, caboclos), although free, were subjected to discriminatory laws and customs.

    10. The Portuguese Colonial System 2001

  • El señor Cura, que es un sujeto muy instruido, sabe cuándo se acabarán los mamelucos de Oriente [58-14] y vendrán a Gádor [58-15] los rusos y moscovitas [58-16] a quitar la

    Novelas Cortas Pedro Antonio de Alarc��n 1862

  • The mechanic arts are in the hands of free Negroes and Indians, mulattoes and mamelucos. [

    The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton 1853

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