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Word entry · 6 letters

sentry

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"Guard on watch"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɛn.tɹi/Part of speech nounSorted enrstyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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"Guard on watch"2 answers
sentry6 letterssentinel8 letters

Filled answer is this word (SENTRY).

Definitions

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

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • Additional sentries are keeping watch for any signs of an ambush.

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