DRAGOMAN


Meaning of DRAGOMAN in English

n.

Pronunciation: ' dra-g ə -m ə n

Function: noun

Inflected Form: plural -mans or -men \ -m ə n \

Etymology: Middle English drugeman, from Anglo-French, from Old Italian dragomanno, from Middle Greek dragomanos, from Arabic tarjum ā n, from Aramaic t ū rg ĕ m ā n ā

Date: 14th century

: an interpreter chiefly of Arabic, Turkish, or Persian employed especially in the Near East

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