"dragoman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dragomans [plural], dragomen [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English dragman, from Old French drugeman, from Medieval Latin dragumannus, from Byzantine Greek δραγομάνος (dragomános), from Arabic تُرْجُمَان (turjumān, “translator, interpreter”). Doublet of truchman. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dragman}} Middle English dragman, {{der|en|fro|drugeman}} Old French drugeman, {{der|en|ML.|dragumannus}} Medieval Latin dragumannus, {{der|en|gkm|δραγομάνος}} Byzantine Greek δραγομάνος (dragomános), {{der|en|ar|تُرْجُمَان||translator, interpreter}} Arabic تُرْجُمَان (turjumān, “translator, interpreter”), {{doublet|en|truchman}} Doublet of truchman, {{root|en|ar|ت ر ج م}} Head templates: {{en-noun|s|dragomen}} dragoman (plural dragomans or dragomen)
  1. (historical) An interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages. Tags: historical Synonyms: drogman, druggerman Related terms: truchman Translations (an interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages): تُرْجُمَان (turjumān) [masculine] (Arabic), dragoman [masculine] (Czech), drogman (French), drogoman (French), dragoman (French), თარჯიმანი (tarǯimani) (Georgian), Dolmetscher [masculine] (German), Dragoman [masculine] (German), δραγουμάνος (dragoumános) [masculine] (Greek), תרגמן (turgemán) [masculine] (Hebrew), dragomán (Hungarian), ترگمان (targomân) (Persian), dragoman [masculine] (Polish), dragomano [masculine] (Portuguese), drogomano [masculine] (Portuguese), драгома́н (dragomán) [masculine] (Russian), драго̀ма̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dragòmān [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dragomán [masculine] (Spanish), truchimán [masculine] (Spanish), dragonman [common-gender] (Swedish), tercüman (Turkish), драгома́н (drahomán) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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Alternative forms

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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages",
      "word": "tercüman"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "drahomán",
      "sense": "an interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "драгома́н"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dragoman"
}

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