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truchman

/ˈtɹʌt͡ʃmən/

truchman noun: synonym of interpreter.

Noun

truchman (plural truchmen)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of interpreter.
    • He laboured to make them all understand this discourse, using his interpreters and truchmen. The which being understoode by the King and the other Mexicane Lords, they were wonderfully well satisfied, and shewed great signes of love to Cortes and his company.1604, Edward Grimston (translator), The Natural and Moral History of the Indies by José de Acosta (1590), edited by Clements Markham, London: Hakluyt Society, 1853, Volume II, Book 7, Chapter 25, p....
    • […] And now I have with labour
      Attain’d thy language, I’ll thy truchman be.
      Interpret for thee to those smaller souls,
      Who wonder when they understand not: souls!1640, William Habington, The Queen of Arragon, Act II, Scene 1, in A Selection of Collection of Old Plays, Volume 9, London: Septimus Prowett, 1825
    Synonyms:
    interpreter

Synonyms of truchman

Forms of truchman

pluraltruchmen
alternative formtrouchman
alternative formtruceman
alternative formtruch-man
alternative formtrudgeman

Origin of truchman

From mediaeval Latin turchemannus or French trucheman, from Arabic تُرْجُمَان (turjumān). Doublet of dragoman.

Words that rhyme with truchman

Questions about truchman

What does truchman mean?
Truchman means synonym of interpreter.
What part of speech is truchman?
Truchman is a noun.
How do you pronounce truchman?
Truchman is pronounced /ˈtɹʌt͡ʃmən/.
What is the plural of truchman?
The plural of truchman is truchmen.

Words near truchman in the dictionary

  1. Truchet
  2. Truchet point
  3. Truchet points
  4. Truchet tile
  5. Truchet tiles
  6. truchman
  7. truchmen
  8. trucial
  9. Trucial Coast
  10. Trucial Oman
  11. Trucial State

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