monitress

[ mon-i-tris ]

noun
  1. a female student who helps keep order or assists a teacher in school.

  2. a girl or woman who admonishes, especially with reference to conduct.

Origin of monitress

1
First recorded in 1740–50; monit(o)r + -ess

usage note For monitress

See -ess.

Words Nearby monitress

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How to use monitress in a sentence

  • Julian, however, though disconcerted, was in no shape disposed to submit to the authority of his monitress.

    Peveril of the Peak | Sir Walter Scott
  • “The less you expect the better,” said her massive monitress.

    Lady Barbarina | Henry James
  • I thank Heaven, that hath taught me better thoughts than my own vanity suggested, through the medium of so kind a monitress.

    The Fair Maid of Perth | Sir Walter Scott
  • Honor sprang to the door, but her face fell as she saw the monitress arrive empty-handed.

  • Having shown Evelyn the unromantic origin of her spectre, the monitress left her, apparently pacified, and went downstairs.