moonshee
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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On one occasion a moonshee of Major Pottinger, who had escaped from Charekhar, named Mohun Beer, came direct from the presence of Mahomed Akber to visit us.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 by Various
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 Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Inquiry proved that the crime was instigated by the King's moonshee.
From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by Sleeman, William
We do not find the trace of any of them; all our information is Mr. Markham's moonshee, and some clerk of Durbege Sing's employed in Mr. Markham's private counting-house, in estimating revenues of a country.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
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 Inglis, James
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