monitress

[ mon-i-tris ]

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.

Gender Note

See -ess.

Word History and Origins

Origin of monitress¹

First recorded in 1740–50; monit(o)r + -ess

Example Sentences

Julian, however, though disconcerted, was in no shape disposed to submit to the authority of his monitress.

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“The less you expect the better,” said her massive monitress.

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I thank Heaven, that hath taught me better thoughts than my own vanity suggested, through the medium of so kind a monitress.

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Honor sprang to the door, but her face fell as she saw the monitress arrive empty-handed.

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Having shown Evelyn the unromantic origin of her spectre, the monitress left her, apparently pacified, and went downstairs.

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