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dragoman

 

SYLLABICATION: drag·o·man

PRONUNCIATION: drg-mn

NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. drag·o·mans or drag·o·men

An interpreter or guide in countries where Arabic, Turkish, or Persian is spoken.

ETYMOLOGY: Middle English dragman, from Old French drugeman, from Medieval Latin dragumannus, from Medieval Greek dragoumanos, from Arabic tarjumn, from Aramaic targmn, from Akkadian targumannu, interpreter. See rgm in Appendix II.

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