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

Janet and Olave and I are in the same class, and Catherine Winstanley is to be monitress for the month.

From The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story by Angela Brazil

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 Angela Brazil

"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 Angela Brazil

I couldn't do it another night because Alice Metcalfe, my dormitory monitress, is frightfully strict.

From Just Gerry by Christine Chaundler

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