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

"When I heard of the affair I asked the dragoman why he had lied so outrageously and he calmly replied: "'Oh, I thought it polite to give the gentleman what he wanted.'

From Recollections of a Varied Life by Eggleston, George Cary

But more probably he heard about it from others, more especially from the dragoman he employed.

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

Let his fellows grumble and objurgate, said he; they would cringe to him when he became a dragoman, with his pockets stuffed with piastres.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)