sentry
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6.0
- noun
- /ˈsɛntri/
:
centinela
- The sentry stood at the entrance, carefully watching for any intruders.
- sentries on guard
What bloomed in your mind that night as you lay quietly listening to the boots of the sentries crunching the sand?
- What bloomed in your mind that night as you lay quietly listening to the boots of the sentries crunching the sand?
- We were put into prison camps, guarded over by soldiers with machine guns pointed down that us from sentry towers.
- Prophecies and sentry blessings hang about his toe.
Examples
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At sunrise, the disguised Greek cavalry rode up to the Carthaginian camp, where unsuspecting sentries let them in.
Academic text (2011) -
Outside, where the sentry kept watch along the darkened nave, it was quiet as the grave.
Fiction book (1991) -
The sentry said you were coming.
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Sergeant of the Guard, post your sentry.
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A pair of guards stand sentry in front of a large door.
Fiction book (1995) -
Our sentries are well placed.
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How could he have slipped past two sentries?
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Esteban left to meet Cuervo at the sentry post.
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Sentries were posted every 10 paces.
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The British lit campfires and posted sentries, then silently withdrew to Corona to begin embarkation.
Synonyms
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1.3
A person who watches and protects a building or people to stop stealing and trouble
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3.7
A person who watches and warns others about danger
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7.4
A person who watches a place to warn others of danger
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4.1
A person who guards a building or land, usually at night
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4.4
A person who watches closely and reports storms, dangers, or animal sightings
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6.1
A person who stands outside a camp to watch for enemy movement
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5.1
A man who watches for danger or police and warns others
A person who watches from a high building to spot danger
A soldier on horseback placed ahead of an army to watch for enemy movement
A woman soldier who protects places and takes part in official ceremonies
Antonyms
Compounds
How Alert
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sentry comes from an old root sentire that means 'to feel' or 'to notice', and it is related to the English word sense. A sentry is therefore someone who watches and 'senses' danger at a place, which is why the word means a guard who keeps watch.