What does mounseer mean?
Mounseer means Pronunciation spelling of monsieur..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Pronunciation spelling of monsieur..
"A French mounseer do that!
"Wee mounseer," said he, with utter desperation.
Rumor first brought to Berlin the tidings of the destruction of the great army on the icy plains of Russia; then its remnants, starving, worn, ragged, appeared in the capital; and the street-boys, who not long before had been forced by the French soldiers to clean their boots, now with little generosity--they were only "street-boys"--shouted sneeringly, "Say, mounseer, want your boots blacked?"
Well, as I didn't like to rile the old woman by refusing to do what she wanted, I went to a French mounseer, to teach me my paces; I've been in training above a month, so I thought I'd come here just as a sort of trial to see how I could go the pace."
Use mounseer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mounseer means Pronunciation spelling of monsieur..
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"A French mounseer do that!
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