sentry

sentry

5 senses · Free VividLex dictionary · Thesaurus

1. n. A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel. Source: opted
2. n. Guard; watch, as by a sentinel. Source: opted
3. n. a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event Source: wordnet
4. 1. (Mil.) A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel. 2. Guard; watch, as by a sentinel. Here toils, and death, and death's half-brother, sleep, Forms terrible to view, their sentry keep. Dryden. Sentry box, a small house or box to cover a sentinel at his post, and shelter him from the weather. Source: webster
5. n:100 n a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event Source: ecdict

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