Date: Tue Apr 15 00:03:07 EDT 2003
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--dragoman
dragoman (DRAG-uh-man) noun, plural dragomans or dragomen

An interpreter or guide.

[The word took a scenic route to its present form via French, Italian, and medieval Latin/Greek, from Arabic tarjuman, from Aramaic turgemana, from Akkadian targumanu (interpreter).]