Monitor
- Proper noun. Any of several publications e.g. the "Christian Science Monitor".
- Proper noun. (freemasonry) A text of works or instruction which are not secret and may be written e.g. "Indiana Monitor and Freemasons' Guide".
- Noun. Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
- Noun. (computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
- Noun. (computing) A program for viewing and editing, as in ''machine code monitor''.
- Noun. (British) A student leader in a class.
- Noun. (nautical) A class of relatively small armored warships designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than combat with other ships.
- Noun. (archaic) An ironclad.
- Noun. A monitor lizard.
- Verb. (transitive) To watch over; to guard.
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