"moonshi" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: moonshis [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} moonshi (plural moonshis)
  1. Archaic spelling of munshi. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: munshi
    Sense id: en-moonshi-en-noun-eY8HSwHY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1777 September, “A Code of Gentoo Laws, or Ordinations of the Pundits, from a Persian Translation, Made from the Original, Written in the Shanscrit Language. 4to. London, 1776.—Printed at the Expence of the East India Company, and Not to be Purchased.”, in The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature (Series the Fifth), volume XLIV, London: Printed for A. Hamilton, […], →OCLC, page 182:",
          "text": "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.",
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