dragoman

[ drag-uh-muhn ]

/ ˈdræg ə mən /

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noun, plural drag·o·mans, drag·o·men.

(in the Near East) a professional interpreter.

Origin of dragoman

1300–50; <French; replacing Middle English drogman interpreter <Middle French drog(o)man, dragoman<Medieval Greek drago(u)mános<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

Words nearby dragoman

dragline, dragline crane, drag link, dragnet, Drago, dragoman, dragon, dragon beam, drag one's ass, drag one's feet, dragonet

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Example sentences from the Web for dragoman

Ibrahim the Egyptian, a Roman Catholic, as it seemed, had volunteered to act as dragoman.
When It Was Dark|Guy Thorne
He then spoke very fast to my dragoman, who informed me that the Pacha wished me to go with him as far as lower Scutari.
Soyer's Culinary Campaign|Alexis Soyer
"It was more a change of nomenclature," replied his dragoman.
Another Sheaf|John Galsworthy
And a dragoman would have had a reputation and a patronage he'd fear to lose.
The Palace of Darkened Windows|Mary Hastings Bradley

She constituted herself the dragoman of our political travels.
The New Machiavelli|Herbert George Wells

British Dictionary definitions for dragoman

dragoman

/ (ˈdræɡəʊmən) /

noun plural -mans or -men

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

Word Origin for dragoman

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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单词	dragoman
释义	dragoman [ drag-uh-muhn ] / ˈdræg ə mən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dragoman ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural drag·o·mans, drag·o·men. (in the Near East) a professional interpreter. Origin of dragoman 1300–50; <French; replacing Middle English drogman interpreter <Middle French drog(o)man, dragoman<Medieval Greek drago(u)mános<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 Words nearby dragoman dragline, dragline crane, drag link, dragnet, Drago, dragoman, dragon, dragon beam, drag one's ass, drag one's feet, dragonet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dragoman Ibrahim the Egyptian, a Roman Catholic, as it seemed, had volunteered to act as dragoman. When It Was Dark\|Guy Thorne He then spoke very fast to my dragoman, who informed me that the Pacha wished me to go with him as far as lower Scutari. Soyer's Culinary Campaign\|Alexis Soyer "It was more a change of nomenclature," replied his dragoman. Another Sheaf\|John Galsworthy And a dragoman would have had a reputation and a patronage he'd fear to lose. The Palace of Darkened Windows\|Mary Hastings Bradley She constituted herself the dragoman of our political travels. The New Machiavelli\|Herbert George Wells British Dictionary definitions for dragoman dragoman / (ˈdræɡəʊmən) / noun plural -mans or -men (in some Middle Eastern countries, esp formerly) a professional interpreter or guide Word Origin for dragoman C14: from French, from Italian dragomano, from Medieval Greek dragoumanos, from Arabic targumān an interpreter, from Aramaic tūrgemānā, of Akkadian origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to dragoman linguist, adapter, polyglot, cryptologist, decoder, cryptographer, explainer, glossator
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dragoman

noun, plural drag·o·mans, drag·o·men.

Origin of dragoman

OTHER WORDS FROM dragoman

Words nearby dragoman

Example sentences from the Web for dragoman

British Dictionary definitions for dragoman

noun plural -mans or -men

Word Origin for dragoman

Words related to dragoman