vidette
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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As night approached, a vidette was placed in front of each pit, near the edge of the woods, which was about forty yards in advance.
From In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House by McBride, R. E.
Given half an hour, and we ought to have left the vidette handsomely in the lurch.”
From Jack Winters' Campmates by Overton, Mark
And so thinking she rode along briskly, and was not long in reaching the spot where they had been stopped by the dying vidette.
From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Madison, Lucy Foster
"He is still upon Catawba, tending northwards," replied the vidette.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton
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 Wilder, Theodore
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