dragoman Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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)

WordNet

Drag"o*man noun
Etymology
From F. dragoman, or Sp. dragoman, or It. dragomanno; all fr. LGr. , Ar. tarjuman, from the same source as E. targum. Cf. Drogman, Truchman.
Wordforms
plural Dragomans
Definitions
  1. An interpreter; -- so called in the Levant and other parts of the East.

Webster 1913