moonshee

American  

[moon-shee] / ˈmun ʃi /

noun

1. a variant of munshi.

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Example Sentences

Townsend had an active, eager spirit, and he and the moonshee tired the sun with talk.

From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by Strachey, John St. Loe

I had a moonshee, or accountant, in one of my outworks in Purneah.

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)

The moonshee, on his part, generally ignored Tim's existence altogether; addressing him, when obliged to do so, with a ceremonious civility which annoyed Tim more than open abuse would have done.

From With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

The day before the case was fixed on for hearing, I sent off the moonshee who was a witness of my own, and his evidence was necessary to my proving my case.

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