vidette
Americannoun
noun
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"But you are forgetting the vidette that galloped through the street at midnight," said Sophia.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
I now noticed a Yankee vidette about twenty-five yards in front, rifle in hand, sticking close to a tree, and scarcely fifty yards farther on, a rebel vidette peered cautiously past another tree.
From In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House by R. E. McBride
A stillness came upon them as she related the death of the vidette, her tones vibrating with tenderness and feeling.
From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Lucy Foster Madison
On the road towards Winchester, there was one that was particularly dangerous to the unfortunate vidette.
From The history of Company C, Seventh Regiment, O.V.I by Theodore Wilder
From the vidette post, around which they have all gathered, they behold a moving mass, in the early dawn distinguishable as men on horseback.
From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Mayne Reid
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