Meaning of moonshi | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic spelling of munshi.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“Whoever has memory to retain⟳ what he hears, and who ſpeaks ſo intelligibly that no doubt⟳ of his meaning ariſes in his audience, and who is a man of good actions, [...] ſuch perſon the magiſtrate ſhall conſtitute his Leekhuk or Moonſhi, and writer.”

“Several of us, at one time or another, engaged "moonshis" or teachers, and tried to learn⟳ Hindustani, in which language, with one exception I think⟳, none of us became very proficient.”

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