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An interpreter; -- so called in the Levant and other parts of the East.
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A guide/interpreter often employed by foreigners new to a city.
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An interpreter or guide who speaks Arabic, Turkish, or Persian used especially in the Near East (Aramaic, turgemana)
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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)
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An interpreter; especially in Arabic, Turkish or Persian.
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Native guides for tourists.
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Dragoman, a word of Assyrian or Akkadian origin, designates the official title of a person who would function as an interpreter, translator and official guide between countries and polities of the Middle East and European embassies, consulates, vice-consulates and trading posts. A dragoman had to have a knowledge of Arabic, Turkish, and European languages.
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