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mounseer

mounseer is the pronunciation spelling of monsieur.

Meaning of monsieur

Noun

monsieur (plural monsieurs or messieurs)

  1. (dated) A man, especially a French gentleman.
    • Pass round the decanters; glad to see ye; fill up, monsieurs!1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Cabin”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 589

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Forms of mounseer

pluralmounseers

Words that rhyme with mounseer

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Questions about mounseer

What is mounseer the pronunciation spelling of?
Mounseer is the pronunciation spelling of monsieur.

Words near mounseer in the dictionary

  1. Moungers
  2. mounges
  3. mounging
  4. Mounier-Kuhn syndrome
  5. Mounjaro
  6. mounseer
  7. mounseers
  8. Mounsey
  9. Mounseys
  10. mount
  11. mount a horse foaled by an acorn

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