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Word entry · 8 letters

sentinel

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"Guard on watch"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɛn.tɪ.nəl/Part of speech nounSorted eeilnnstStarts with SEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (SENTINEL).

Definitions

  1. a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

Word origin

First attested in the 1570s from Middle French sentinelle (“watch or guard kept by a soldier”), from Old Italian sentinella, probably from sentina + -ella, from sentire (“perceive, watch, hear”), from sentiō (“feel, perceive by the senses”). See also sense, sentient.

Used in a sentence

  • the sentinels who paced the ramparts
  • that princes do keep due sentinel
  • “I will not permit the poorest centinel to be treated with injustice.”

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