Australian English Meaning of sentinel

Sentinel

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Definitions and Meaning of sentinel in English

Wordnet

sentinel (n)

a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

Webster

sentinel (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.

Watch; guard.

A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab.

Webster

sentinel (v. t.)

To watch over like a sentinel.

To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels.

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Sentinel

a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated eventOne who watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier set to guard an army, camp, or other place,

guardian,Guard,guardian,Goalie,sentry,Prison governor,bodyguard,defender,lookout,observer

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sentine => bilge, sentimentize => sentimentalise, sentimentally => sentimentally, sentimentalize => sentimentalise, sentimentalization => Sentimentalization,