dragoman
Americannoun
plural
dragomans, dragomennoun
Other Word Forms
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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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
Soon, Buchwald set himself up as the laughing dragoman to American celebrities.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then he said to his dragoman, "Ask him what he wants of me."
From A Literary History of the Arabs by Nicholson, Reynold
He discounted the timorous statements of his dragoman, Ibrahim, but one who knew had warned him at El Ksar.
From The Truants by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
A dragoman he was not, though he called himself our "tergeman."
From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Jebb, Louisa
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