Skip to main content

Word of the Day – Dragoman

By June 30, 2017Word of the Day

Dragoman (noun)

dra-go-man

An interpreter or guide, especially in countries speaking Arabic, Turkish, or Persian.

Late Middle English: from obsolete French, from Italian dragomanno, from medieval Greek dragoumanos, from Arabic tarjumān ‘interpreter’

Example sentences

“In Arabic, this was turjuman and the Turkish dragoman.”

Leave a Reply