亚洲网紅露点

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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.


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Gender Note

See -ess.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of monitress1

First recorded in 1740鈥50; monit(o)r + -ess
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Example Sentences

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John read more slowly than Jean and she would patiently wait for him to nod, vigorously, as a signal that she could turn the page of 鈥淢onitress Merle鈥 鈥 or 鈥淛ean鈥檚 Golden Term.鈥

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鈥淭hat I will, Ad猫le;鈥 and I hastened away with her, glad to quit my gloomy monitress.

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In one of them Miss Bront锟 had ruled as monitress after her return from Haworth.

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Well said, my little monitress! why you are quite an orator too.

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Ah! my dear Louisa, what a loss shall I have in this venerable monitress!

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