surveillant

[ ser-vey-luhnt, -veyl-yuhnt ]

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adjective

exercising surveillance.

noun

a person who exercises surveillance.

Origin of surveillant

¹

1810–20; <French, present participle of surveiller (see surveillance, -ant)

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How to use surveillant in a sentence

Then, as the surveillant of the dining hall gave the signal, the pupils rose and left.
Rilla of the Lighthouse | Grace May North
Half a dozen of the eldest succeeded in obtaining leave, and I was commissioned to accompany them as surveillant.
The Professor | (AKA Charlotte Bronte) Currer Bell

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