mameluco

Mameluco is a term of Portuguese origin describing the first generation offspring of a European and an Amerindian. The corresponding Spanish word is mestizo.In the 17th and 18th centuries, Mameluco was used to refer to organized bands of Portuguese slave-hunters, also known as bandeirantes, who roamed the interior of South America from the Atlantic to the foothills of the Andes, and from Paraguay to the Orinoco river, invading Guarani-occupied areas in search of slaves.
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n. (Latin America) overalls, coverall, smock; one piece garment made of trousers and a piece of cloth that covers the chest and has shoulder straps (originally worn to protect clothes while working)

n. mameluke, a member of a former military caste, originally composed of slaves from Turkey, originally comthat held the Egyptian throne from about 1250 until 1517

(n.)
A child born of a white father and Indian mother.
  

= mamluk.
Nota: Milicia privilegiada de Egipto que, de 1250 a 1517, llegó a constituir una dinastía.
Ex: Among the groups of warriors this books studies are the Scottish highlanders, hussars, mamluks, lancers, and cossacks.