Synonyms for sentinel


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sen-tn-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛn tn l


Définition of sentinel

Origin :
  • 1570s, from Middle French sentinelle (16c.), from Italian sentinella "a sentinel." OED says "No convincing etymology of the It. word has been proposed," but perhaps (via a notion of "perceive, watch"), from sentire "to hear," from Latin sentire "feel, perceive by the senses" (see sense (n.)).
  • noun sentry
Example sentences :
  • Like a sentinel on that solitary plain it overwhelms me with a sense of mystery.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • After that, we were allowed to come on deck singly, only, and then under a sentinel's charge.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Neither of the lads so much as glanced at the sentinel as they strolled past him.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • He did not care, now, if he were halted by a British picket or sentinel.
  • Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox
  • This would be difficult, for the reason that there was a sentinel on the deck.
  • Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox
  • She had only one sentinel on the outpost of her spirit, and that was the sense of touch and feeling.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • Each of us is a soldier, and no sentinel ought to kill himself at his post.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • "Have a care of the sentinel on the hill-top," Sakr-el-Bahr admonished him, provoking a titter.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • When it was Flavia's turn Luigi used to laugh and say the sentinel was changed.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various
  • At the head of the stairs leading to the deck he found a sentinel.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett

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