Jaguar Warrior

Jaguar warriors or jaguar knights, ocēlōtl or ocēlōmeh were members of the Aztec military elite. They were a type of Aztec warrior called a cuāuhocēlōtl. The word cuāuhocēlōtl derives from the eagle warrior cuāuhtli and the Jaguar Warrior ocēlōtl. They were an elite military unit similar to the eagle warriors.