Jaguar warriors or jaguar knights, ocēlōtl Nahuatl pronunciation: [oˈseːloːt͡ɬ] (singular) or ocēlōmeh (plural) were members of the Aztec military elite. They were a type of Aztec warrior called a cuāuhocēlōtl. They were an elite military unit similar to the eagle warriors.
An Aztec Jaguar warrior
Bronze relief by Jesús Fructuoso Contreras depicting Cacamatzin as a jaguar warrior
Aztec warfare concerns the aspects associated with the militaristic conventions, forces, weaponry and strategic expansions conducted by the Late Postclassic Aztec civilizations of Mesoamerica, including particularly the military history of the Aztec Triple Alliance involving the city-states of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, Tlacopan and other allied polities of the central Mexican region.
Terracotta statue depicting an Eagle Warrior
Nezahualcoyotl dressed in cotton armor with an obsidian sword, shield, and a helmet in the shape of a coyote or wolf. Codex Ixtlilxochitl, c. 1550.
Aztec warriors as depicted in the Codex Mendoza
Blowpipe or Tlacalhuazcuahuitl