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[trenchman
app. a misreading of treuchman, var. truchman, an interpreter, dragoman.
1632Lithgow Trav. x. 460, I pleaded for a Trench-man, [it] being against their Law, to accuse or condemne a Stranger, without a sufficient Interpreter. 1666Despaut. Gram. Instit. vii. (Jam.), Interpres, an interpreter or Trench⁓man. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Trugman..also called trench-man. 1879J. W. Boddam-Whetham Roraima 147 A strong active young fellow..acted as our trenchman. ] |