[drag-uh-muh
n] 
| (in the Near East) a professional interpreter. |
[drag-uh-man-ik] , drag⋅o⋅man⋅ish, adjective | drag·o·man (drāg'ə-mən) n. pl. drag·o·mans or drag·o·men An interpreter or guide in countries where Arabic, Turkish, or Persian is spoken. [Middle English dragman, from Old French drugeman, from Medieval Latin dragumannus, from Medieval Greek dragoumanos, from Arabic tarjumān, from Aramaic targəmānā, from Akkadian targumannu, interpreter; see rgm in Semitic roots.] |