dragoman

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

A friend going through the valley of the Euphrates tried to get his dragoman to pitch his tent near the ruins, and failed.

From Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study by Dwight Lyman Moody

In Egypt the guide is called a dragoman.

From In Pastures New by George Ade

Briefly, he acted as a sort of amateur dragoman without any of the qualifications usually expected of these gentlemen—and possessing a great many of the virtues in which, as a rule, they are sadly lacking.

From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Louisa Jebb

Here the English-speaking dragomans used to meet together at the cool of the day, to practise the tongue of their profession and discuss the news.

From The Valley of the Kings by Marmaduke William Pickthall

Grown rich by his favours and by the gold of England, these dragomans enlightened the unsuspecting ignorance of the Turks, as to the occupation and military surveys of the Ottoman frontiers by the French.

From History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 by Philippe-Paul, comte de Ségur

Unfortunately, also, the British staff knew no language but English, and the most reliable dragomans knew only French, Italian, or German.

From Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle by M. E. (Mary Edith) Durham

Several of the dragomans were there, including Abdullah, uncle of Iskender, who questioned Elias in no peaceful tone.

From The Valley of the Kings by Marmaduke William Pickthall

It is very thoughtless, but it is in great measure the fault of the servants and dragomans who think they must not venture to tell their masters that pigeons are private property. 

From Letters from Egypt by Janet Ross

It must have been the invention of the Karian dragomen who came into existence under the Saitic dynasty.

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

He hasn't seen lion yet, but has heard a lot about the one which is causing a panic amongst the dragomen in Luxor.

From The Hawk of Egypt by Joan Conquest

In the time of Chukri Bey they were kind, faithful dragomen who did their best to save us from being swindled in the bazaars.

From A Prisoner in Turkey by John Still

Dragomans, not dragomen, is the plural of dragoman, an Eastern interpreter.

From Every-Day Errors of Speech by L. P. Meredith

For example, we license our guide-interpreters, who are called dragomen.

From The Egyptian Cat Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin