dragoman
[ drag-uh-muh n ]
/ ˈdræg ə mən /
noun, plural drag·o·mans, drag·o·men.
(in the Near East) a professional interpreter.
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Origin of dragoman
1300–50; < French; replacing Middle English drogman interpreter < Middle French drog(o)man, dragoman < Medieval Greek drago(u)mános < Semitic; compare Arabic tarjumān, Akkadian targumannu
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dragoman
/ (ˈdræɡəʊmən) /
noun plural -mans or -men
(in some Middle Eastern countries, esp formerly) a professional interpreter or guide
Word Origin for dragoman
C14: from French, from Italian dragomano, from Medieval Greek dragoumanos, from Arabic targumān an interpreter, from Aramaic tūrgemānā, of Akkadian origin
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dragoman
early 14c., from Old French drugemen, from late Greek dragoumanos, from Arabic targuman "interpreter," from targama "interpret." Treated in English as a compound, with plural -men.
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