sentry
[sen-tree]
- a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- a member of a guard or watch.
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Origin of sentry
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Examples from the Web for sentry
Contemporary Examples
We found that the Sentry safe which contained our footage had indeed been under water.
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I shared the sentiments of the Fatah sentry who allowed me inside the walls of the Muqata in Ramallah.
He looked up at the sentry towers dotting the campus as the bus entered Kirkland.
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The sentry at the front gate has no mechanism to compel incoming vehicles to stop.
Historical Examples
While these were being spoken, outside a sentry had challenged: "Samama!"
The Leopard WomanStewart Edward White
That was the first and last time that he ever left me on sentry all night.
The Autobiography of Sergeant William LawrenceWilliam Lawrence
I said, "Were you not with the officer when he placed me on sentry last night?"
The Autobiography of Sergeant William LawrenceWilliam Lawrence
No less inspiring was the revival of the Sentry on the 1st March 1917.
With Manchesters in the EastGerald B. Hurst
The Sentry blossomed as the first English paper of the country.
With Manchesters in the EastGerald B. Hurst
sentry
- a soldier who guards or prevents unauthorized access to a place, keeps watch for danger, etc
- the watch kept by a sentry
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Word Origin
C17: perhaps shortened from obsolete centrinel, C16 variant of sentinel
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Word Origin and History for sentry
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