hall monitor

noun

US
: a student who watches the hallways for bad behavior

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California doesn’t need to be the hall monitor for the rest of the country. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 6 May 2026 Coaching tool or digital hall monitor? — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Mar. 2026 Alok Sahar’s Section 31 team is comprised of spies wielding a variety of skills or abilities, all under the watchful eye of Starfleet representative/hall monitor Rachel Garrett. — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 20 Jan. 2025 New collaborations have been helpful for me too in getting perspective on feeling like the hall monitor of country music. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023

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“Hall monitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hall%20monitor. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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