Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An admonisher; a monitor.

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  • noun Admonisher; monitor.

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  • noun An admonisher; a monitor.

Etymologies

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Latin

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Examples

  • She secured the hat now, and ran unceremoniously away from her admonitor, to join Alix, Peter, and Martin for the daily ceremony of walking into the village for the mail.

    Sisters Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

  • Milan, and Genoa, rector of the Roman College, provincial of the provinces of Milan and Rome, assistant of Italy, and admonitor to the

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

  • Father Provincial removed me from my office, and I became his secretary and admonitor.

    Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries 1880

  • It is the oldest preacher and admonitor in this churchyard.

    Tales of the Chesapeake George Alfred Townsend 1877

  • When his admonitor said "Go," Wodehouse made a step towards the door, and for an instant felt the exhilaration of enfranchisement.

    The Perpetual Curate 1862

  • The gypsy stopped abruptly, and turned an eye, in which menace vainly struggled with good-humour, upon each of his brethren, as they submissively bowed to him and his protege, and poured forth a profusion of promises, to which their admonitor did not even condescend to listen.

    The Disowned — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • The gypsy stopped abruptly, and turned an eye, in which menace vainly struggled with good-humour, upon each of his brethren, as they submissively bowed to him and his protege, and poured forth a profusion of promises, to which their admonitor did not even condescend to listen.

    The Disowned — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

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