Dragoman
[drægәumәn]
Definition
(noun.) 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).
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Definition
(n.) An interpreter; -- so called in the Levant and other parts of the East.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Interpreter (in Turkey and the East).
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Definition
n. an interpreter or guide in Eastern countries:—pl. Drag′omans.
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Examples
- At two in the morning they routed us out of bed--another piece of unwarranted cruelty--another stupid effort of our dragoman to get ahead of a rival. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- By Ferguson I mean our dragoman Abraham, of course. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The dragoman says Jack's horse died. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Jordan journey being approved, our dragoman was notified. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- These appeals were vain--the dragoman only smiled and shook his head. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- At that hour Abraham, the dragoman, marshaled them before us. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Thus are people persecuted by dragomen, whose sole ambition in life is to get ahead of each other. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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