sentry
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier sentrie, sentery, of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of sentinel or sanctuary; or perhaps from Old French senteret (“a path”), diminutive of sentier, from Medieval Latin semitarius (“a path”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: sĕnʹtrē, IPA(key): /ˈsɛntɹi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: sen‧try
- Rhymes: -ɛntɹi
- Homophone: century (for some speakers)
Noun
sentry (plural sentries)
- A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
- 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 213:
- Additional sentries are keeping watch for any signs of an ambush.
- (uncountable) Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
- (nautical) A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.
- A watchtower.
- An animal like a marmot tasked with alerting the pack to danger.
Synonyms
- (nautical drag): kite
Derived terms
Translations
guard
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watchtower
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