- a variation of munshi.
moonshee
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Mr. Hastings's moonshee then reads three lines from a paper to Mr. Larkins.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
One policeman first came up, presented the summons, which I took, and he then stated that it was a warrant for the production of my moonshee, and that he must take him away at once.
From Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter by James Inglis
Here, I say, are the three lines that were read by a Persian moonshee.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
"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 G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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 James Inglis
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