dragoman

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Work done through dragomans is never entirely satisfactory, because it requires the unattainable condition that the dragoman should be as much a scientific student of anthropology and of archaeology as the traveller himself 5.

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  1. noun An interpreter or guide in countries where Arabic, Turkish, or Persian is spoken.

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  • I had left my last remaining English servant at Athens; my dragoman was as ill as myself; and my poor Arnaouts nursed me with an attention which would have done honour to civilization. —  The Life of Lord Byron
  • Calling for his dragoman, or guide, Sir Samuel inquired what all this meant, and was gravely informed that it was all for his benefit, that he might be thoroughly frightened and quit the neighbourhood. —  Chatterbox, 1906
  • As they journeyed Tahar, their dragoman--he had applied for the post, and got it by the desire of mademoiselle, who admired his lithe bearing and gorgeous aplomb--Tahar suddenly pulled up his mule, pointed with his brown hand to the horizon, and said in French There is mirage! —  The Figure In The Mirage 1905
  • The unfortunate dragoman, after all his treachery and all his subservience and apostasy, found his worst fears realised when the Dervish leader gave his curt command. —  A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko"
  • I remember one day when he told me of a piece of good fortune which had befallen a fellow- dragoman, and I said that I hoped he might be similarly fortunate. —  Pixie O'Shaughnessy
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  1. Middle English dragman, from Old French drugeman, from Medieval Latin dragumannus, from Medieval Greek dragoumanos, from Arabic tarjumān, from Aramaic targəmānā, from Akkadian targumannu, interpreter; see rgm in Semitic roots.

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  1. In several forms: (1) English dragoman = G. Danish Swedish dragoman, from French dragoman = Spanish dragomán = Portuguese dragomano =Italian dragommanno; Middle Latin dragomannus, dragumanus = Middle Greek δραγον/μανος; (2) obsolete English dragoman, drogman, from Middle English drogman (= German drogeman (Middle High German trougemunt, tragemunt)= Swedish drogman), from Old French drogueman, drogeman, druguement, French drogman = Provencal drogoman = Spanish drogmán = Italian drogmanno = Middle Latin drogamanus, drogamundus; (3) obsolete English druggerman; (4) obsolete English trugman, trudgeman, truchman, truchement = German trugman, from French trucheman, truchement = Spanish trujamán = Italian turcimanno; all ult. = Turkish Persian tarjumān, from Arabic tarjumān, an interpreter translator, from tarjama, formerly targama, interpret, from Chald. targem, interpret, explain, later targūm, explanation, interpretation, from English targum q. v.
 

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