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mamelucos

mamelucos is the plural of mameluco.

Meaning of mameluco

Noun

mameluco (plural mamelucos)

  1. A child born of one white parent and one Brazilian Indian parent.
    • The reverse is the case in South America, where the mixture of the Portuguese or Brazilian with the Indian produces the "Mameluco," who is not unfrequently lighter than either parent, and always lighter than the Indian.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 50

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Noun

mamelucos pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) overalls

Questions about mamelucos

What does mamelucos mean?
Mamelucos means overalls.
What is mamelucos the plural of?
Mamelucos is the plural of mameluco.
What part of speech is mamelucos?
Mamelucos is a noun.

Words near mamelucos in the dictionary

  1. mamelonation
  2. mamelonations
  3. mamelons
  4. mameloshen
  5. mameluco
  6. mamelucos
  7. mameluk
  8. mameluke
  9. mamelukes
  10. mameluks
  11. mamenchisaur

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