dragoman
Example Sentences
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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
"Where is your dragoman?" they said; "why do you not send for him?"
From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Jebb, Louisa
The great man's easy-chair—by no means a splendid one—was then carried on board, and the great man himself, accompanied by his son-in-law and his dragoman, came among us.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward
It is quite possible, therefore, that the scribe whom Herodotos met was acquainted with the Greek language, and that no dragoman was required to interpret his words.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
