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Word: dragoman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jordan L. Golding--Judy Goldman (Wisconsin) in mind that these fellows are more exposed to bribery and corruption than anyone else employed in this kind of administration. The interpreter is a figure as important in military and internal administration, and often as venal, as the dragoman in the days of the old Turk in Constantinople...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1948 JUBILEE GUESTS | 5/22/1945 | See Source »

...where he must rely on interpreters, he should always keep in mind that these fellows are more exposed to bribery and corruption than anyone else employed in this kind of administration. The interpreter is a figure as important in military and internal administration, and often as venal, as the dragoman in the days of the old Turk in Constantinople...

Author: By James G. Trager jr., | Title: Harvard Trains Officers for Military Occupation in East | 5/22/1945 | See Source »

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