dragoman

IPA: drˈægʌmæn

noun

  • (historical) An interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages.
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Examples of "dragoman" in Sentences

  • The operetta is set in 1885, near the Dragoman Pass.
  • Named after the town of Dragoman in western Bulgaria.
  • They thus filled the post of dragoman at all levels...
  • His salary as dragoman was small, and his needs great.
  • At the present time he sides with Russia and is our official dragoman.
  • “Miss Naldrett tells me she can make you better, Sitti,” says our dragoman.
  • When his memory failed him he called his dragoman and began an Arabic lesson.
  • The 'dragoman' establishments are much more attached to old ideas than Turks and
  • Tadros, a dragoman, whom we first see smoking a cigarette and twirling his moustache.
  • Winston wins Aneth, but the person who makes everything work out in the end is Tadros the dragoman.
  • [Footnote 327: Or interpreter, now commonly called dragoman, druggeman, or trucheman, all of which are corruptions from the Arabic
  • Lady Duff Gordon settles in Luxor, in a small household consisting of Sally and the resourceful Egyptian dragoman they found they needed to deal with the intricacies of a different culture.
  • She was not very nervous about this, but she immediately called the dragoman, Mahomet, who knew the use of a gun, and she asked him if he would stand by her in case they were attacked in my absence; the faithful servant replied, "Mahomet fight the

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