[app. a misreading of treuchman, var. TRUCHMAN, an interpreter, DRAGOMAN.

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1632.  Lithgow, Trav., X. 460. I pleaded for a Trench-man, [it] being against their Law, to accuse or condemne a Stranger, without a sufficient Interpreter.

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1666.  Despaut. Gram. Instit., VII. (Jam.). Interpres, an interpreter or Trenchman.

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1867.  Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., Trugman … also called trench-man.

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1879.  Boddam-Whetham, Roraima, 147. A strong active young fellow … acted as our trenchman.]

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