dragoman

[ drag-uh-muhn ]
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noun,plural drag·o·mans, drag·o·men.
  1. (in the Middle East) a professional interpreter.

Origin of dragoman

1
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

Other words from dragoman

  • drag·o·man·ic [drag-uh-man-ik], /ˌdræg əˈmæn ɪk/, drag·o·man·ish, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for dragoman

dragoman

/ (ˈdræɡəʊmən) /


nounplural -mans or -men
  1. (in some Middle Eastern countries, esp formerly) a professional interpreter or guide

Origin of dragoman

1
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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