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Definition: DRAGOMANS

Part of Speech Definition
Noun Plural 1. Plural inflection of the noun dragoman.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun Base
(dragoman)		 1. An interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government).[Wordnet].
2. An interpreter; -- so called in the Levant and other parts of the East.[Websters].

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "Dragomans" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1864. (references)

Common Expressions: DRAGOMANS

Expressions Definition
From Babel to Dragomans From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East is a book written by Middle-East historian Bernard Lewis. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Topics by Level of Interest: DRAGOMANS

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
From Babel to Dragomans 9     From Babel to Dragomans 9
List of dragomans 5     List of dragomans 5

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).


Computed Synonyms: dragomans

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   22.1089   dragomans     interpreters     construers, translators, explainers, expounders, renderers   
 2   20.1092   dragomans     translators     describers, interpreters, construers, returners, stretchers   
 3   6.1092   dragomans     guides     steers, heads, manages, controls, conductors   
 4   4.1091   dragomans     cicerones     conductors, pilots, leaders, guidebooks, companions   
 5   2.1093   dragomans     trawls     hauls, fishes, fishings, seines, trammels   
 6   1.1189   dragomans     demonstrators     exhibitors, evincers, displayers, manifesters, indicators   
 7   1.1093   dragomans     manuals     guides, companions, hands, directories, keyboards   
 8   1.1092   dragomans     mappers     charters, planners, carders, plotters, designers   
 9   1.1092   dragomans     bearers     holders, cradles, legs, props, racks   
 10   1.1091   dragomans     typists     kinders, sorters, formers, naturists, patterners   
 11   1.1091   dragomans     copyists     copiers, imitators, penmans, copycats, scriveners   
 12   1.1091   dragomans     conveyors     deliverers, transferrers, passers, imparters, carriers   
 13   1.1091   dragomans     clerks     officers, employees, functionaries, salespersons, sellers   
 14   1.1090   dragomans     conductors     demeanourers, guides, guards, managementors, directors   
 15   1.1089   dragomans     commentators     interpreters, commenters, expounders, expositors, reporters   
--------------------     8 synonyms ranked from 16 to 23 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top