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

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