Dragomans

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dragoman \Drag"o*man\, n.; pl. {Dragomans}. [From F. dragoman,
     or Sp. dragoman, or It. dragomanno; all fr. LGr. ?, Ar.
     tarjum[=a]n, from the same source as E. targum. Cf.
     {Drogman}, {Truchman}.]
     An interpreter; -- so called in the Levant and other parts of
     the East.


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