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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Drag’oman (plural, Dragomans).
 
A ciceronë; a guide or interpreter to foreigners. (Arabic targuman, an interpreter; whence targum.)   1
        “My dragoman had me completely in his power, and I resolved to become independent of all interpreters.”—Baker: Albert Nyanza, chap. i. p. 3.
 


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