Thesaurus: sentinel

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1. n. 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.
2. n. Watch; guard.
3. n. A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab.
4. v. t. To watch over like a sentinel.
5. v. t. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels.
6. n. a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
7. A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean,remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called alsosentinel crab.
8. n:100 n a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event