monitress

American  

[mon-i-tris] / ˈmɒn ɪ trɪs /

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.

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Gender

See -ess.

Etymology

Origin of monitress

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

Example Sentences

Chapter of Faults," at which the monitress is honor-bound to report all lapses observed during the past week: "In charity I accuse Sister�of the fault of doing .

From Time Magazine Archive

“That I will, Adèle;” and I hastened away with her, glad to quit my gloomy monitress.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Miss Adeline Litchfield, the monitress of the Litchfield establishment, stands in the pretty front porch, overhung with fragrant blossoming honeysuckle and sweet climbing roses.

From Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel by Leonard, May

It was quite a surprise to Mildred to find herself placed as a monitress.

From The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life by Brazil, Angela

Luckily, however, nature was a more imperative monitress, and again and again the girl had to sit down from sheer physical weakness.

From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by Black, William