Wiktionary
n. (context South Asia English) A secretary or language teacher. (from 17th c.)
Wikipedia
Munshi ( Urdu:; Hindi: मुंशी) is a Persian word, originally used for a contractor, writer or secretary, and later used in the Mughal Empire and British India for native language teachers or secretaries employed by Europeans.
Munshi is a Malayalam-language political and social satire television programme on the Malayalam news channel Asianet News. The show is directed by Anil Banerjee; it has aired continuously since September 2000. As of 28 May 2016, it has completed over 5648 episodes.
Although the original idea during the show's inception was "giving a visualised treatment to pocket cartoons", after about 300 episodes, it "deviate[d] to the path of politics".
Usage examples of "munshi".
Brown had certainly done so, and her latest favorite, Abdul Karim, who called himself the Munshi, was almost as arrogant and unpopular.
I was anxious to meet with an old friend, a munshi, learned in many languages, whose profession kept him on the outlook for the numerous travellers from distant parts who passed this way.
I had cut short this interview, paying, indeed, little heed to the stranger, for I had noticed that my friend, the munshi, not knowing of my presence in the inn, was in the act of taking his departure.
We met at the house of Munshi Khyraz, and there I learned of the disaster to my friends here, and the terrible doom that was contemplated for them.