What is "mounseer"

Usage examples of "mounseer".

Roches kept mum or even spoke in French before our faces - indeed, so stupid was Mervyn that he had been known to do so before Mounseer Daskin, the cook, who could speak better French than any Roche had spoken since 1066 and we took heart.

Caro or Patience, and Caro told me she had picked up a great deal of knowledge concerning preserves and puddings from Mounseer, who was not jealous of others seeing what he did.

I remarked little Joan, who was lovesick for Mounseer, and another, older dairymaid standing further back in the group.