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

When Henry M. Stanley first visited Jerusalem he insisted that the dragoman in charge of his party should keep all guides and guide-books out of his sight.

From Every Man His Own University by Conwell, Russell H.

He discounted the timorous statements of his dragoman, Ibrahim, but one who knew had warned him at El Ksar.

From The Truants by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

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