monitress
UK/ˈmɒnɪtɹɪs/
monitress noun: a female mentor or advisor; a female observer.
Noun
monitress (plural monitresses)
- A female mentor or advisor; a female observer.
- Diana filled up all his heart: he felt as if by his union with her he had received a new and better soul. She was his monitress as he learned what were the true ends of life.1820, Mary Shelley, Mathilda, published 1959
- 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 of violence, of iteration.1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew
- A female monitor, or school leader.
- Miss Mitchell would certainly be most relieved to have a monitress who was capable of organising the juniors at games.1922, Angela Brazil, Monitress Merle
monitress meaning in Tamil
monitress in Tamil
- இடித்துரைப்பவன்
Forms of monitress
| plural | monitresses |
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Origin of monitress
From monitor + -ess.
Questions about monitress
- What does monitress mean?
- Monitress means a female mentor or advisor; a female observer.
- What is monitress in Tamil?
- Monitress in Tamil is இடித்துரைப்பவன். See Monitress meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is monitress?
- Monitress is a noun.
- How do you pronounce monitress?
- Monitress is pronounced /ˈmɒnɪtɹɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of monitress?
- The plural of monitress is monitresses.
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