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Sentry

/ˈsɛntɹi/

A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.

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📖 Definitions of "Sentry"

noun

1
A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
2
Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
3
A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.
4
A watchtower.

🔄 Synonyms of "Sentry"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
scoutnoun	A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
picketnoun	A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself.
watchverb	A portable or wearable timepiece.
lookoutnoun	A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.
lookout mannoun	A person employed to watch for danger etc.
sentinelnoun	A sentry, watch, or guard.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sentry"

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Word	Definition
sentinelnoun	A sentry, watch, or guard.
lookout mannoun	A person employed to watch for danger etc.
scoutnoun	A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
picketnoun	A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself.
watchnoun	A portable or wearable timepiece.
lookoutnoun	A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.
guardnoun	A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
watchmannoun	One set to watch; a person who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.
checkpointnoun	A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection.
custodynoun	The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
stationnoun	A stopping place.
exercisenoun	(countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
killingnoun	The act of killing.
postnoun	A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
centrynoun	Alternative form of century. [A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.]
outsentrynoun	(military) A sentry who guards the entrance or approach to a place.
sentry-gonoun	active military duty
guardsmannoun	A person, especially a soldier, who is on guard.
observernoun	One who makes observations, monitors or takes notice.
soldiernoun	A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.