dragoman

drag·o·man  (drg-mn)

n. pl. drag·o·mans or drag·o·men

An interpreter or guide in countries where Arabic, Turkish, or Persian is spoken.

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[Middle English dragman, from Old French drugeman, from Medieval Latin dragumannus, from Medieval Greek dragoumanos, from Arabic tarjumn, from Aramaic targmn, from Akkadian targumannu, interpreter; see rgm in Semitic roots.]

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dragoman [ˈdrægəʊmən]

n pl -mans, -men

(Historical Terms) (in some Middle Eastern countries, esp formerly) a professional interpreter or guide

[from French, from Italian dragomano, from Medieval Greek dragoumanos, from Arabic targumān an interpreter, from Aramaic tūrgemānā, of Akkadian origin]

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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

Translations

dragoman

n → Dragoman m