dragoman
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of dragoman
First recorded in 1300–50; from French; replacing Middle English drogman “interpreter,” from Middle French drog ( o ) man, dragoman, from Medieval Greek drago ( u ) mános, from Semitic; compare Arabic tarjumān, Akkadian targumannu
Example Sentences
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Soon, Buchwald set himself up as the laughing dragoman to American celebrities.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some men did manage to get into the boats, notably Henry Sleeper Harper, of the publishing family, who took along an Egyptian dragoman and his Pekingese named Sun Yatsen.
From Time Magazine Archive
We had also with us our dragoman Nicholas, whom we had brought on from Egypt.
From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh
Briefly, he acted as a sort of amateur dragoman without any of the qualifications usually expected of these gentlemen—and possessing a great many of the virtues in which, as a rule, they are sadly lacking.
From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Jebb, Louisa
"Where is your dragoman?" they said; "why do you not send for him?"
From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Jebb, Louisa
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