monitress

monitress
mon·i·tress

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  • Monitress — Mon i*tress, Monitrix Mon i*trix, n. A female monitor. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • monitress — noun /ˈmɒnɪtɹɪs/ A female mentor or advisor; a female observer. Maisie could feel his monitress stiffen almost with anguish against the increase of his spell and then hurl herself as a desperate defence from it into the quite confessed poorness… …   Wiktionary

  • monitress — /mon i tris/, n. 1. a female student who helps keep order or assists a teacher in school. 2. a girl or woman who admonishes, esp. with reference to conduct. [1740 50; MONIT(O)R + ESS] Usage. See ess. * * * …   Universalium

  • monitress — n. female monitor, monitrix mon·i·tor || mÉ‘nɪtÉ™r / mÉ’ n. supervisor, device for regulating (esp. the transmission quality of radio and television broadcasts); screen, device that produces the visual display (Computers); one who oversees;… …   English contemporary dictionary

  • monitress — /ˈmɒnətrəs/ (say monuhtruhs) noun a female monitor …  

  • monitress — ˈmänə.trə̇s noun ( es) Etymology: monitor (I) + ess 1. : a woman that admonishes 2. : a girl that is a monitor in a school …   Useful english dictionary

  • Monitrix — Monitress Mon i*tress, Monitrix Mon i*trix, n. A female monitor. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Angela Brazil — Angela Brazil, (pronounced brazzle ), (November 30, 1868 – March 13, 1947), was the first of the British writers of modern School Girls Stories genre written from the characters point of view. The equivalent in respect of boys stories was Charles …   Wikipedia

  • unobtuse — adjective Not obtuse For Phoebe ever reddens in the wind : A fourth time risen, then surest monitress, If she with unobtuse and unblenchd horn illuminates her path . . . Virgil translated by Charles R Kennedy 1861 …   Wiktionary

  • Marie Sundelius — (4 February 1884 27 June 1958) was a Swedish American classical soprano. She sang for many years with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and later embarked on a second career as a celebrated voice teacher in Boston.[1] …   Wikipedia

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