Mameluke

noun3

1. •
   (historical) A member of various military regimes in the Middle East established and run by freed white slave soldiers, mainly from the Eurasian steppe or the Caucasus; in particular, those who formed a ruling caste in Egypt from 1250 until 1812 and in Syria from 1260 until 1516.

   • The Mammalukes boast, that they have the nimblest and readiest horses of any men at armes in the vvorld. — 1603
2. •
   (offensive) One who supports someone or something blindly or slavishly; specifically, one who supports the Roman Catholic Church in this manner.

   • But, so long as the Bishop of Rome remains Pope, and has an army of Mamelukes all over the world, we shall do very little by fulminating against mere doctrinal errors. — 1833
3. •
   (no longer used) A slave (especially one who is a white European) in a Middle Eastern Muslim country.

   • But this madde Amalecke, / Lyke to a Mamelek, / He regardeth lordes / No more than potshordes; […] — 1530