MONITOR

Monitor

A monitor was the class of relatively small warship which was neither fast nor strongly armoured but carried disproportionately large guns. They were used by some navies from the 1860s until the end of World War II, and saw their final use by the United States Navy during the Vietnam War.

The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Monitor (warship)
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

monitor

Noun

  1. Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
    The camp monitors look after the children during the night, when the teachers are asleep.
  2. A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
  3. A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
    The information flashed up on the monitor.
  4. A program for viewing and editing, as in machine code monitor.
  5. A student leader in a class.
  6. A class of relatively small armored warships designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than combat with other ships.
  7. An ironclad.
  8. A monitor lizard.

Verb

  1. To watch over; to guard.


The above text is a snippet from Wiktionary: monitor
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

Need help with a clue?
Try your search in the crossword dictionary!