单词 | monitress |
释义 | monitressn. 1. A female adviser, mentor, or admonisher. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > adviser or counsellor > admonisher monishera1382 admonitor1547 admonisher1549 monitioner1556 admonitioner1593 monitrix1611 monitor1616 monitress1748 admonitrix1850 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xii. 54 His divine monitress, he called me! 1813 W. Scott Rokeby iv. 170 She..Assumes a monitress's pride, Her Redmond's dangerous sports to chide. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xvi Harry..corrected the faulty intonation, under his English monitresses. 1887 J. Ruskin Præterita II. xii. 422 Lady Trevelyan..became at once a monitress-friend in whom I wholly trusted. 1897 ‘Ouida’ Massarenes xv. 187 It must be very annoying to have a perpetual monitress in one's own daughter. 1906 A. Austin Door of Humility 154 The loftier Muses for my guide, Minerva for my monitress. 2. A female school pupil assigned disciplinary or other special responsibilities; a female monitor (monitor n. 8). ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > prefect or monitor prepositor1519 monitor1530 nomenclator?1566 propositor1633 praepostor1768 monitress1795 prefect1826 1795 E. Fenwick Secresy I. xiv. 227 Miss Ashburn is my monitress, she began her lessions [sic] at Barlowe Hall, and now continues the instruction at Bath. 1844 C. E. A. Young Communicants (1848) 12 As head monitress I know them both very well. 1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army §465 The training of School Mistresses, pupil teachers and Monitresses. 1884 Cassell's Family Mag. Mar. 216/2 The monitress..moves towards the three culprits, and tells them,..that talking is not allowed. 1912 A. Brazil New Girl at St. Chad's iv. 70 She begins with monitresses, and then works downwards. 1955 ‘Miss Read’ Village School ii. 19 She started here as a monitress at the age of thirteen. 1996 Washington Rep. Middle East Affairs Jan. 108/1 Malika, now a 26-year-old monitress, was beaten by the police. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1748 |
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