DRAGOMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dragoman mean? 

• DRAGOMAN (noun)
  The noun DRAGOMAN has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: DRAGOMAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRAGOMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("dragoman" is a kind of...):

interpreter; translator (someone who mediates between speakers of different languages)