turcopole

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mounted archer locally recruited by the Christian states during the Crusades.

Word forms

turcopole turcopoles

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek τουρκόπουλοι (tourkópouloi, “sons of Turks”), from Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos) + -πουλος (-poulos).

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