(in some Middle Eastern countries, esp formerly) a professional interpreter or guide
Word origin
C14: from French, from Italian dragomano, from Medieval Greek dragoumanos, from Arabic targumān an interpreter, from Aramaic tūrgemānā, of Akkadian origin
dragoman in American English
(ˈdrægəmən)
nounWord forms: pluralˈdragomans or ˈdragomen (ˈdrægəmən)
in the Near East, an interpreter or professional guide
Word origin
ME drogeman < OFr < It dragomanno < MGr dragomanos < Ar tarǧumān < Aram tūrǧemānā < Assyr targūmanu, akin to ragāmu, to speak
Examples of 'dragoman' in a sentence
dragoman
Hassan had been her dragoman, her guide, her interpreter, her mentor and, at the last, her lover.
Barbara Erskine SANDS OF TIME (2003)
(The second member of the pair being in all cases a dragoman or guide.