vedette
Americannoun
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Also called vedette boat. a small naval launch used for scouting.
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a mounted sentry in advance of the outposts of an army.
noun
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Also called: vedette boat. navy a small patrol vessel
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Also called: vidette. military a mounted sentry posted forward of a formation's position
Etymology
Origin of vedette
First recorded in 1680–90; from French, from Italian vedetta “outlook where a sentinel is posted,” alteration of earlier veletta (of debated origin) by association with vedere “to see”; see -ette
Example Sentences
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My goal was Desolation Peak, the cabin where rookie vedette Jack Kerouac spent 63 eventful days in the summer of 1956.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2021
When the vedette was “discovered” by the “Esta Noche Cruzamos el Mississippi” late-night show in 1996, she introduced trans culture to living rooms across Spain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2020
But they remained abnormally still, and at last, to the satisfaction and relief of both, the Boer vedette moved off at a trot, leaving the pair of listeners once more free to breathe.
From A Dash from Diamond City by Stewart, F.A.
The two hours expire, relief comes, and the vedette returns to spend his four, six, or eight hours off post, as best he may.
From Three Years in the Federal Cavalry by Glazier, Willard W.
Little groups of people moved across the lime-shaded Square, all in one direction, seeking the Porches and the Lainerie, leaving themselves comfortable time for the vedette.
From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
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