Found 3 items, similar to dragoman.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: dragoman
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dragoman
dragoman
n : 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)
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dragoman
Dragoman
\Drag"o*man\, n.; pl.
Dragomans. [From F. dragoman,
or Sp. dragoman, or It. dragomanno; all fr. LGr. ?, Ar.
tarjum[=a]n, from the same source as E. targum. Cf.
Drogman,
Truchman.]
An interpreter; -- so called in the Levant and other parts of
the East.
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