monitor

Definition

Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.

Etymology

From Latin monitor (“warner”), from perfect passive participle monitus (“warning”), from verb monere (“to warn, admonish, remind”). Warship sense is from USS Monitor, the first ship of this type.

Example Sentences

• "The camp monitors look after the children during the night, when the teachers are asleep."
• "And oft, mild friend, to me thou art A monitor, though still; Thou speak'st a lesson to my heart, Beyond the preacher's skill."
• "The information flashed up on the monitor."

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