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- Medieval Greek · derived fromτουρκόπουλοι“sons of Turks”
- English todayturcopole
From Medieval Greek τουρκόπουλοι (tourkópouloi, “sons of Turks”), from Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos) + -πουλος (-poulos).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A mounted archer locally recruited by the Christian states during the Crusades. Full definition →
From Medieval Greek τουρκόπουλοι (tourkópouloi, “sons of Turks”), from Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos) + -πουλος (-poulos).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.