dragoman

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Some men did manage to get into the boats, notably Henry Sleeper Harper, of the publishing family, who took along an Egyptian dragoman and his Pekingese named Sun Yatsen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Soon, Buchwald set himself up as the laughing dragoman to American celebrities.

From Time Magazine Archive

About the middle of May, 1839, we left the shores of the Black Sea, accompanied by a Cossack and an excellent dragoman, who spoke all the dialects current in Southern Russia.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de

There he doubtless hired his Karian dragoman, with whom he sailed away over the inundated land to Sais.

From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

In Egypt the guide is called a dragoman.

From In Pastures New by Ade, George