dragoman

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He saw himself as a latter-day dragoman, referring to the Ottoman-era interpreters who mediated talks between Turkish, Arabic and Persian rulers and European governments.

From Economist

A dragoman was found, a certain Don Alfonso reported to be comparatively honest.

From Project Gutenberg

With my dragoman, Mr. Gargiulo, I then proceeded with the Chief Introducer of Ambassadors into the presence of the Sultan while the rest of my staff were detained in an anteroom.

From Project Gutenberg

It is the order in which he visited the monuments to which the dragomen attached their names, and it thus throws a welcome light on the course of his movements.

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

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