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English Dictionary: sentinel	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for sentinel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sentinel n a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event Synonym(s): lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sentinel \Sen"tinel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sentineled}or {Sentinelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sentineling} or {Sentinelling}.] 1. To watch over like a sentinel. [bd]To sentinel* enchanted land.[b8] [R.] --Sir W. Scott. 2. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sentinel \Sen"tinel\, n. [F. sentinelle (cf. It. sentinella); probably originally, a litle path, the sentinel's beat,, and a dim. of a word meaning, path; cf. F. sente path. L. semita; and OF. sentine, sentele, senteret, diminutive words. Cf. {Sentry}.] 1. One who watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier set to guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it; a sentry. The sentinels who paced the ramparts. --Macaulay. 2. Watch; guard. [Obs.] [bd]That princes do keep due sentinel.[b8] --Bacon. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A marine crab ({Podophthalmus vigil}) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also {sentinel* crab}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sentinel, OK (city, FIPS 66400) Location: 35.15661 N, 99.17347 W Population (1990): 960 (492 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73664