hall monitor

noun

A person responsible for maintaining order in a school's corridors and halls.

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Meanings

nounhall monitor (plural hall monitors)

plural hall monitors

  1. USA person responsible for maintaining order in a school's corridors and halls.
  2. broadlyderogatoryA person who shows or demands deference to authority.

    (When I got to this part of the podcast, I have to admit, my own inner hall monitor was on high alert.)

    2025 March 17, Andrew Marantz, “The Battle for the Bros”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2025
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APA

hall monitor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hall%20monitor

MLA

“hall monitor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hall%20monitor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hall monitor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hall%20monitor.

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