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monitress
[ mon-i-tris ]
noun
- a female student who helps keep order or assists a teacher in school.
- a girl or woman who admonishes, especially with reference to conduct.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of monitress1
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Example Sentences
Julian, however, though disconcerted, was in no shape disposed to submit to the authority of his monitress.
“The less you expect the better,” said her massive monitress.
I thank Heaven, that hath taught me better thoughts than my own vanity suggested, through the medium of so kind a monitress.
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.
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