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

Gutschmid has supported the Herodotean inscription on the strength of papyri from the times of Ramses Miamen in Philologus, 10, 644; the "talents" in any case must be left for the dragoman.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max

But more probably he heard about it from others, more especially from the dragoman he employed.

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

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