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mossoo (məˈsuː) A vulgar mispronunciation of monsieur, used in representations of illiterate speech or in derisive allusion to English patriotic prejudices. Cf. mounseer.1870 M. Bridgman R. Lynne II. vi. 129 You pick out any Mossoo you like. 1886 J. Ashby-Sterry Lazy Minstrel 68 A stout fur-capped M...
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The Forty Thieves
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Ung Mossoo – Algernon Bastard
Policeman – Captain H. E. Colvile
Artist – Leslie Ward
Bricklayer – J. Graham
Butcher – C. Chapman
A Gent – A.
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mounseer
mounseer arch. (maʊnˈsɪə(r)) An antiquated anglicized pronunciation of monsieur, which survived as a vulgarism down to the 19th c., and occasionally appears either in representations of illiterate speech or in derisive allusion to English prejudice against foreigners. (Cf. mossoo.)a 1641 Suckling Po...
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monsieur
‖ monsieur (‖ məsj{obar}, məˈsjɜː) Forms: 6 monsure, -sire, -sie{uacu}, mounsire, -syre, Sc. monsour, 6–7 mouns(i)er, -sieur, 7 mouncer, -seur, monser, monnsieur, meunsier, 6– monsieur. Also jocularly 8–9 mounseer, 9 mossoo. [F.; originally two words, mon my, sieur lord. Cf. messire and monseigneur....
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au revoir
‖ au revoir (‖ o rəvwar, əʊrəvwɑː(r)) [F., = lit. ‘to the seeing again’, i.e. in anticipation of seeing (meeting) you again.] An expression implying farewell for the present; hence as n., a farewell of this kind. Also occurs in slang abbrevs. aurev., au 'voir, and as a malapropism in the form au res...
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List of Greyfriars School characters
Charpentier, Monsieur Henri – French Master, known as "Mossoo". Originally from the French Loire region.
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fur
▪ I. fur, n.1 (fɜː(r)) Forms: 4–7 furre, 7–9 furr, 8 fir, 6– fur. [f. fur v. The OF. forre, fuerre, sheath, case, is commonly given as the immediate source; but it does not appear to have had the sense of the Eng. n., though the derived vb. forrer (mod.F. fourrer), originally to encase, developed th...
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