vidette
a variant of vedette.
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How to use vidette in a sentence
We had two companies of the Thirty-first Massachusetts mounted infantry, who were used for for vidette duty.
Reminiscences of two years with the colored troops | Joshua M. AddemanThere was occasional firing by the outer picket, or cavalry vidette, during the night.
Though there was no chance that the vidette would hear them, his very presence had the effect of quieting them.
The Belgians to the Front | Colonel James Fiske"What an excellent vidette you would make, Miss Torrington," said the young man, laughing.
The Vicar of Wrexhill | Mrs [Frances] TrollopeI do not wish to confound these Johnsons with one of the same name, who lived on the Washington road, near our vidette post.
In and Out of Rebel Prisons | Lieut. A. [Alonzo] Cooper
British Dictionary definitions for vidette
/ (vɪˈdɛt) /
a variant spelling of vedette
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