: a light-armed soldier of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem
Word History
Etymology
Medieval Latin turcopulus, turcopolus, from Middle Greek tourkopoulos, literally, son of a Turkish, from Late Greek Tourkoi (plural) Turks (from Turkish Türk Turk) + Middle Greek -poulos child of, alteration (probably influenced by Latin pullus young of an animal) of Greek pōlos young animal, young man or woman