dragoman

(drag′ə mən)

in the Near East, an interpreter or professional guide

Origin: ME drogeman < OFr < It dragomanno < MGr dragomanos < Ar tarǧumān < Aram tūrǧemānā < Assyr targūmanu, akin to ragāmu, to speak

See dragoman in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. drag·o·mans or drag·o·men

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

Origin:

Origin: Middle English dragman

Origin: , from Old French drugeman

Origin: , from Medieval Latin dragumannus

Origin: , from Medieval Greek dragoumanos

Origin: , from Arabic tarjumān

Origin: , from Aramaic targəmānā

Origin: , from Akkadian targumannu, interpreter; see rgm in Semitic roots

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