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Webster 1913 Edition


Moonshee


Moon′shee

,
Noun.
[Hind.
munishī
, fr. Ar.
munishī
a writer, author, secretary, tutor.]
A Muslim professor or teacher of language.
[India]

Definition 2024


moonshee

moonshee

English

Noun

moonshee (plural moonshees)

  1. An Indian teacher of languages, especially Hindustani and Persian.

References

  • Economic and political weekly‎, India 1992, Page 2609