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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

mun•shi n. [Anglo-Indian.]

British Empirea native interpreter or language instructor.
British Empirea native secretary or assistant.

Also, moonshee.

Arabic munshi' writer
Hindi munshī
1770–80

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