monitress
Americannoun
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a female student who helps keep order or assists a teacher in school.
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a girl or woman who admonishes, especially with reference to conduct.
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of monitress
Example Sentences
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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
"Dorothy's jealous of Hope," piped Annie Gray, who, as monitress, was performing her duty of cleaning the blackboard.
From A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days by Brazil, Angela
Miss Kaye had made a wise choice in appointing her monitress of the upper landing, as no one could have more fully appreciated the responsibilities of the post.
From The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story by Brazil, Angela
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
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