dragoman

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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)

"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

While you are in the hands of the dragoman you feel like a dumb, driven cow.

From In Pastures New by Ade, George