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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. The word may have become common in Portugal in the Middle Ages, deriving from the Arabic 'mamlûk', used in the association with Egyptian Mamluk s. SEE ALSO |
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