turcopole
Meanings
noun
- A mounted archer locally recruited by the Christian states during the Crusades.
Word forms
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek τουρκόπουλοι (tourkópouloi, “sons of Turks”), from Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos) + -πουλος (-poulos).
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