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

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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

Come, then, my sage little monitress, I will be a good boy, and listen to all your careful advice.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 by Eugène Sue

"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

"Write, and I will wait to take it," said the voice, and the prisoner, as might be imagined, was not long in obeying the request of his unseen monitress.

From The Strange Story of Rab R?by by M?r J?kai

As monitress of the upper landing she had the whole of the third class under her care, and, seeing one of her charges in such distress, she came at once to enquire the cause.

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