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• a variation of vedette.

vidette

American  

[vi-det] / vɪˈdɛt /

noun

1. a variant of vedette.

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vidette British  

/ vɪˈdɛt /

noun

1. a variant spelling of vedette

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Example Sentences

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vidette

The officer in charge sent the vidette who had given the alarm, in advance, to report to me.

From History of Morgan's Cavalry by Basil Wilson Duke

I jest skipped round back o’ the krantz opposite the kloof, an’ crawled up to where I’d seen the vidette.

From Tales from the Veld by Ernest Glanville

The hill being an excellent point for observation, a vidette of our cavalry was posted at that point.

From Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 by John Lockwood

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

The army of mountaineers halted at Gilbert-town only until a vidette from Williams brought tidings of Ferguson's late movements.

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy

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