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

I recognised him as a professional dragoman offered to us by Cook the week before.

From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Jebb, Louisa

I was seated at His Majesty's right, with the dragoman next to me, and the Grand Vizier was at the left; down both sides sat the pashas, their breasts sparkling with diamond orders.

From Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft by Straus, Oscar S.