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

Very different was Miss Andrews, whose hearty, breezy ways were more those of a monitress than of a mistress.

From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Brazil, Angela

The parting steps of my neglected monitress now sounded on my ear as she passed to the carriage; and, catching my little favourite up in my arms, I sprang towards the door.

From Discipline by Brunton, Mary

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

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 Colvin, Sidney