dragoman
Noun
- An interpreter or guide in Middle Eastern countries.
- 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)
- An interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages.
Examples
- If only I had a dragoman for obscure words to guide my Scrabble strategy.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English dragman, from Old French drugeman, from Medieval Latin dragumannus, from Byzantine Greek δραγομάνος (dragomános), from Arabic تُرْجُمَان (turjumān), from Classical Syriac ܬܰܪܓܡܳܢܳܐ (targmānā), from Akkadian 𒅴𒁄 (targumannum, “interpreter”). With the plural form -men, through reinterpretation as suffixed with -man. Doublet of truchman.
Scrabble Score: 12
dragoman: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddragoman: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dragoman: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
dragoman: valid Words With Friends Word