Associations to the word «Dragoman»

Wiktionary

DRAGOMAN, noun. An interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages.

Dictionary definition

DRAGOMAN, 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).

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca