Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monitress

/ˈmɒnɪtɹɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: moni-tress
IPA: /ˈmɒnɪtɹɪs/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female mentor or advisor; a female observer.

Archaic

noun

A female monitor, or school leader.

Dated

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"Miss Mitchell would certainly be most relieved to have a monitress who was capable of organising the juniors at games."

Etymology

From monitor + -ess.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: monitor

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈmɒnɪtɹɪs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

monitresses (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce monitress?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɒnɪtɹɪs/.
What does monitress mean?: A female mentor or advisor; a female observer.
Where does monitress come from?: From monitor + -ess.

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