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dragoman

/ˈdrægəmən/
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Other forms: dragomans; dragomen

Definitions of dragoman
  1. noun
    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)
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    type of:
    interpreter, translator
    someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
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