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单词 munshi
释义 moonshee, munshi|ˈmuːnʃiː|
Also 8 munchee, 8–9 moonshi, -shy, 9 munshee.
[Urdū munshī, a. Arab. munshi', pres. pple. of ansha'a to compose, causative of nasha῾a to grow up.]
A native secretary or language-teacher in India.
1776N. B. Halhed Code Gentoo Laws i. 17 Moonshī, a Writer or Secretary.1782J. Price Tracts I. 89 (Y.) The young gentlemen..reason and dispute with the munchees (tutors) in Persian and Moors.1788Burke Sp. agst. W. Hastings Wks. XVI. 223 There was a Persian moonshee in a secret, of which Cantoo Baboo was ignorant.1800Wellesley in Owen Desp. (1877) 743 An establishment of Moonshies and native teachers..will be attached to the new College.1849E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 40, I made my old Muhammadan Munshi..compute the date.1865Spectator 11 Feb. 164 The Queen read Persian like a moonshi.1947R. O. Winstedt Malays 152 His father was munshi to William Marsden.1968D. Duff Victoria in Highlands 360 Abdul Karim advanced to become the Queen's India Secretary and was thereafter known as the Munshi Hafiz Abdul Karim... The Munshi's privileged position led to much opposition.1975Times 26 July 7/6 The language teacher, or munshi..was larger than I expected.
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