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Meaning of dragoman | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages.

historical

Equivalents

العربية ترجمان
Čeština dragoman
Ελληνικά δραγουμάνος
فارسی ترگمان
ქართული თარჯიმანი
Kurdî tercuman
Latina interpres
Latviešu gids
Polski dragoman
Português dragomano drogomano
Русский драгоман
Türkçe tercüman

Examples

“Engaging William Prime's (q.v.) dragoman, he visits the bazaars, mosques, and Pyramids before sailing in the dahabeeya Rip Van Winkle up the Nile.”
“Dragomans altered the pasha's language to put it in a form best suited to performing the act that the principal intended. […] Far from being ‘free’, the dragomans' reformulation of the words of the source expressed subservience to their principal's intention.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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