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Turcopolus

Turcopolus [τουρκόπουλος], class of light-armed soldier (said to be of mixed Turkish and Christian parentage). s1096 ad Turcos, Sarracenos, ~os, aliosque paganos debellandos Fl. Worc. II 39; nostrates ‥ ~is ‥ qui Getice locutionis et ritus patrie viarumque gnari erant preeuntibus iter inierunt Ord. Vit. X 20 p. 126; s1187 habebant exercitum copiosum ‥ Turcopulos innumerabiles Expug. Terrae Sanctae f. 4b; s1187 pugnaverunt ‥ ~i in extrema parte exercitus Ib. f. 7; s1191 armantur ‥ Hospitalarii et militia Templi, quamplures secum ducentes ~os validissimos Itin. Ric. IV 20.

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