dragoman

UK: /ˈdræɡəʊmən/ US: (drag′ə mən)

Inflections of 'dragoman' (n):

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drag•o•man  (drag′ə mən), n., pl. -mans, -men. 

1. Foreign Terms (in the Near East) a professional interpreter.

• Semitic; compare Arabic tarjumān, Akkadian targumannu
• Medieval Greek drago(u)mános
• Middle French drog(o)man, dragoman
• French; replacing Middle English drogman interpreter
• 1300–50;

drag•o•man•ic  (drag′ə man′ik), drag′o•man•ish, adj. 

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dragoman / ˈdræɡəʊmən/ noun ( -mans, -men)

1. (in some Middle Eastern countries, esp formerly) a professional interpreter or guide

Etymology: 14th Century: from French, from Italian dragomano, from Medieval Greek dragoumanos, from Arabic targumān an interpreter, from Aramaic tūrgemānā, of Akkadian origin