From monitor + -ess. (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɒnɪtɹɪs/ <span class="searchmatch">monitress</span> (plural monitresses) (now rare) A female mentor or advisor; a female observer. [from 18th c...
who preaches sermons. “sermonist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. <span class="searchmatch">monitress</span>, rimstones...
monitor + -trix. monitrix (plural monitrices) (dated) A female monitor; a <span class="searchmatch">monitress</span>. “monitrix”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield,...
For Phoebe ever reddens in the wind : A fourth time risen, then surest <span class="searchmatch">monitress</span>, If she with unobtuse and unblench'd horn illuminates her path . . . "Virgil"...
when I'm done eating this one queen-cake more. 1914, Angela Brazil, “<span class="searchmatch">Monitress</span> Mildred”, in The Girls of St. Cyprian’s, [France]: Culturea, published...
his junior 1922, Angela Brazil, <span class="searchmatch">Monitress</span> Merle: Miss Mitchell would certainly be most relieved to have a <span class="searchmatch">monitress</span> who was capable of organising the...
32: I will have queen cakes when you come to me! 1914, Angela Brazil, “<span class="searchmatch">Monitress</span> Mildred”, in The Girls of St. Cyprian’s, [France]: Culturea, published...