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Webster 1913 Edition

Dragoman

Drag′o-man

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Dragomans
(#)
.
[From F.
dragoman
, or Sp.
dragoman
, or It.
dragomanno
; all fr. LGr. [GREEK], Ar.
tarjumān
, from the same source as E.
targum
. Cf.
Drogman
,
Truchman
.]
An interpreter; – so called in the Levant and other parts of the East.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dragoman

DRAGOMAN

, DROGMAN,
Noun.
An interpreter; a term in general use in the Levant and other parts of the East.

Definition 2024

dragoman

dragoman

English

Noun

dragoman ‎(plural dragomans or dragomen)

  1. An interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages.

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Translations

Czech

Etymology

From Arabic تُرْجُمَان ‎(turjumān, “translator, interpreter”).

Noun

dragoman m

  1. dragoman

Declension

Related terms

  • dragomanit
  • dragomanský

French

Alternative forms

Noun

dragoman m ‎(plural dragomans)

  1. dragoman

Etymology

From Middle English dragman, a borrowing from Old French drugeman, from Medieval Latin dragumannus, from Byzantine Greek δραγομάνος ‎(dragomános), from Arabic تُرْجُمَان ‎(turjumān, “translator, interpreter”). Compare truchman.

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