In article , Graham.
writes:

I thought a monitor was a speaker that was pointed at the performer
rather than the audience. What's the correct name for that?

Stage, floor, or wedge monitor (you do get some that perch atop mic
stands, like the Mackie SRM150 and Behringer clone thereof). It's
largely down to context, you encounter one type of monitor in live
sound and the other in studios.

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Mike Fleming