subs. (colloquial).—A Frenchman.
1627. DRAYTON, The Battle of Agincourt.
| A shoeless soldier there a man might meet | |
| Leading his MONSIEUR by the arms fast bound. |
1719. D’URFEY, Wit and Mirth; or Pills to Purge Melancholy, i. 98.
| The next a Nymph, who to be Queen, | |
| Her MONSIEUR was engaging. |
1755. D. MALLET, Prologue to the Masque of Britannia.
| And now, thus ballasted—what course to steer? | |
| Shall I again to sea—and bang MOUNSEER? |
1887. W. S. GILBERT, Savoy Songs, p. 14. Though he’s only a darned MOUNSEER, d’ye see?
