n. An interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. An interpreter; -- so called in the Levant and other parts of the East.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. An interpreter
n. An interpreter attached to an embassy or a consulate. The term is in general use among travelers in the Levant and other parts of the East.
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n. 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)
Word Usage
"When his memory failed him he called his dragoman and began an Arabic lesson."