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

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Example Sentences

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monitress

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

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

This was Muriel Paget, head girl of Wakehurst Priory, prefect and monitress as well, and Phyllis left for the moment her inquisition of the occupant of Cubicle Thirteen, to join in the chorus of welcome.

From Just Gerry by Christine Chaundler

Reverting to a loftier strain, and acknowledging the grace she has so far shown him, the poet asks his monitress to reveal herself.

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Sidney Colvin

The Camdens were all handfuls, even Rosie, who was sixteen, and might have been chosen a monitress if she had been more sedate, and thirteen-year-old Stella, who enlivened the second class with practical jokes.

From The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story by Angela Brazil

"Jolly good thing you are to be separated, I think, if I'm to be your dormitory monitress," replied the head girl, with a smile that took the sting out of her words.

From Just Gerry by Christine Chaundler

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