dragoman

English - Turkish

Definition of dragoman in English Turkish dictionary: {i} tercüman; {i} çevirmen; rehber

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of dragoman in Turkish Turkish dictionary: Osmanlı devletinde tercümanlara verilen ad; Tercüman, dilmaç

English - English

Definition of dragoman in English English dictionary: An interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages; {i} interpreter or guide in Oriental countries (Turkey, Persia etc.); An interpreter; so called in the Levant and other parts of the East; 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)

dragoman

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drag·o·man

[ 'dra-g&-m&n ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English dragman Old French drugeman ترجمان (turgumán) ‘translator, interpreter’. Compare truchman.

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