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English Dictionary: vedette by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vedette \Ve*dette"\, n. [F. vedette, It. vedetta, for veletta
      (influenced by vedere to see, L. videre), from It. veglia
      watch, L. vigilia. See {Vigil}.]
      A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of
      an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger; a
      vidette.
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