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Sentinel
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What's The Definition Of Sentinel?
[n] a person employed to watch for something to happen
Synonyms | Synonyms for Sentinel: lookout | lookout man | picket | scout | sentry | spotter | watch Related Terms | Find terms related to Sentinel: See Also | security guard | watcher | watchman Sentinel In Webster's Dictionary \Sen"ti*nel\, n. [F. sentinelle (cf. It. sentinella);
probably originally, a litle path, the sentinel's beat,, and
a dim. of a word meaning, path; cf. F. sente path. L. semita;
and OF. sentine, sentele, senteret, diminutive words. Cf.
{Sentry}.]
1. One who watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier
set to guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise,
to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it;
a sentry.
The sentinels who paced the ramparts. --Macaulay.
2. Watch; guard. [Obs.] ``That princes do keep due
sentinel.'' --Bacon.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A marine crab ({Podophthalmus vigil}) native of
the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its
eyestalks; -- called also {sentinel crab}.
\Sen"ti*nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sentineled}or {Sentinelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sentineling} or {Sentinelling}.] 1. To watch over like a sentinel. ``To sentinel enchanted land.'' [R.] --Sir W. Scott. 2. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels. |
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