moonshee

[ moon-shee ]

/ ˈmun ʃi /

munshi.

Words nearby moonshee

munshi

[ moon-shee ]

/ ˈmun ʃi /

a native interpreter or language instructor.

a native secretary or assistant.

1770–80; < Hindi munshī < Arabic munshi' writer

At one or two questions of mine the Moonshee laughed immoderately.

Confessions of a Thug |Philip Meadows Taylor
Inquiry proved that the crime was instigated by the King's moonshee.

Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official |William Sleeman
Here the Native Rajah calls to the moonshee to bring pen, ink, and paper.

Wanderings in India |John Lang
I have picked them up by talking to the natives, and partly from the moonshee I have had, for four years.

Through Three Campaigns |G. A. Henty

Moonshee, in India a teacher of languages, especially Hindustani and Persian.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia |Edited by Rev. James Wood