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

Accordingly I turned the tourist over to my dragoman with orders to show him everything and give him all the information he wanted.

From Recollections of a Varied Life by Eggleston, George Cary

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

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton

"Where is your dragoman?" they said; "why do you not send for him?"

From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Jebb, Louisa