moonshee

American  

[moon-shee] / ˈmun ʃi /

noun

1. a variant of munshi.

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Example Sentences

I then asked him if he could not read, how could he know what was in the paper which he had brought, and how he knew my moonshee was the party meant.

From Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter by Inglis, James

"We are going to have a moonshee next week, Doctor," Wilson said, a little crestfallen, "and a horrid nuisance it will be."

From Rujub, the Juggler by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

If you pierce the breast of Gunga Govind Sing, you are again stopped; a Persian moonshee was the confidential agent.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

Inquiry proved that the crime was instigated by the King's moonshee.

From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by Sleeman, William

When we were sufficiently rested and refreshed, we followed the moonshee to his mansion.

From Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay by Roberts, Miss Emma