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dragoman
drag·o·man D0376800 (drăg′ə-mən)n. pl. drag·o·mans or drag·o·men An interpreter or guide in countries where Arabic, Turkish, or Persian is spoken.
[Middle English dragman, from Old French drugeman, from Medieval Latin dragumannus, from Medieval Greek dragoumanos, from Arabic tarjumān, from Aramaic targəmānā, from Akkadian targumannu, interpreter; see rgm in Semitic roots.]dragoman (ˈdræɡəʊmən) n, pl -mans or -men (Historical Terms) (in some Middle Eastern countries, esp formerly) a professional interpreter or guide[C14: from French, from Italian dragomano, from Medieval Greek dragoumanos, from Arabic targumān an interpreter, from Aramaic tūrgemānā, of Akkadian origin]drag•o•man (ˈdræg ə mən)
n., pl. -mans, -men. (in the Near East) a professional interpreter. [1300–50; Middle English drogman interpreter < Middle French drog(o)man, dragoman < Medieval Greek drago(u)mános < Semitic; compare Arabic tarjumān, Akkadian targumannu] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  dragoman - an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government)interpreter, translator - someone who mediates between speakers of different languages |
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dragoman (in some Middle Eastern countries, esp formerly) a professional interpreter or guide Dragoman
DRAGOMAN. An interpreter employed in the east, and particularly at the Turkish court.
2. The Act of Congress of August 26, 1842, c. 201, s. 8, declares that it shall not be lawful for the president of the United States to allow a dragoman at Constantinople, a salary of more than two thousand five hundred dollars. dragoman
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