1) Court title 2) French word used in English 3) Interpreter 4) Ottoman advisor 5) Translator
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A dragoman (from Turkish tercüman, `translator`) was an interpreter, translator, and official guide between Turkish, Arabic, and Persian-speaking countries and polities of the Middle East and European embassies, consulates, vice-consulates and trading posts. A dragoman had to have a knowledge of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and European languages......
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interpreter
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• (n.) An interpreter; -- so called in the Levant and other parts of the East.
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official interpreter in countries where Arabic, Turkish, and Persian are spoken. Originally the term applied to any intermediary between Europeans ...
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Interpreter or guide, especially in countries where Arabic, Turkish, or Farsi is spoken. The term was first used of diplomatic officials at the Turkish court, who were appointed by the Turkish...
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Drag'o·man noun ;
plural Dragomans . [ From French
dragoman , or Spanish
dragoman , or Italian
dragomanno ; all from LGr. ..., Arabic
tarjumān , from the same source as English
targum . Confer
Drogman ,
Truchman .] An interprete...
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n] - an interpreter and guide in the Near East
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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)
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(in the Near East) a professional interpreter.
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