- a variation of munshi.
moonshee
Americannoun
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The moonshee was taken into their counsels, and was asked his opinion as to the disguise which Charlie could adopt, with least risk of detection.
From With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
The moonshee had been named as a witness to prove the writing of some papers filed in the suit.
From Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter by James Inglis
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 James Inglis
Inquiry proved that the crime was instigated by the King's moonshee.
From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by William Sleeman
The persons carrying on the accounts are Mr. Larkins, an Englishman, Cantoo Baboo, a Gentoo, and a Persian moonshee, probably a Mahometan.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
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