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Meaning of DRAGOMAN

Pronunciation:  'dragumun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  an interpreter and guide in the Near East
 
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 See Also: interpreter, translator

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Drag"o*man\, n.; pl. {Dragomans}. [From F. dragoman,
or Sp. dragoman, or It. dragomanno; all fr. LGr. ?, Ar.
tarjum[=a]n, from the same source as E. targum. Cf.
{Drogman}, {Truchman}.]
An interpreter; -- so called in the Levant and other parts of
the East.
 

 

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