HyperDic: dragoman

English > 1 sense of the word dragoman:
NOUNperson dragomanan interpreter and guide in the Near East
English > dragoman: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningAn 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 / Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government).
Broaderinterpreter, translatorsomeone who mediates between speakers of different languages
Spanishdragomán
Catalandragoman, drogman

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