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 Definitions of sentry  [ˈsɛn tri]  

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Definition of 'sentry' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) sentry
a guard, esp., a soldier stationed to prevent unauthorized passage.

Etymology:  (1605–15; short for sentrinel, var. of sentinel)

Definition of 'sentry' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event


Definition of 'sentry' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) sentry
a soldier placed on guard; a sentinel

2. (noun) sentry
guard; watch, as by a sentinel


Translation of 'sentry' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a soldier or other person on guard to stop anyone who has no right to enter, pass etc
The entrance was guarded by two sentries.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: skildwag Arabic flag Arabic: خَفير، حارِس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: часови
Brazilian flag Brazilian: sentinela Czech flag Czech: hlídka, stráž German flag German: der Wächter(in)
Danish flag Danish: vagtpost Greek flag Greek: φρουρός Spanish flag Spanish: centinela
Estonian flag Estonian: tunnimees Farsi flag Farsi: نگهبان Finnish flag Finnish: vartiosotilas
French flag French: sentinelle Hebrew flag Hebrew: זָקִיף Hindi flag Hindi: संतरी
Croatian flag Croatian: straža Hungarian flag Hungarian: őrszem Indonesian flag Indonesian: penjaga
Icelandic flag Icelandic: (her)varðmaður Italian flag Italian: sentinella Japanese flag Japanese: 歩哨
Korean flag Korean: 보초 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sargybinis Latvian flag Latvian: sargkareivis; sardze
Malay flag Malay: sentri Dutch flag Dutch: schildwacht Norwegian flag Norwegian: skiltvakt, vaktpost
Polish flag Polish: wartownik Persian flag Persian: نگهبان Pashto flag Pashto: پيره دار، څارو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: sentinela Romanian flag Romanian: santinelă Russian flag Russian: часовой; дежурный
Slovak flag Slovak: hliadka, stráž Slovenian flag Slovenian: straža Serbian flag Serbian: stražar
Swedish flag Swedish: vaktpost Thai flag Thai: ทหารหรือคนยืนยามตรงทางเข้ Turkish flag Turkish: nöbetçi, gözcü
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 衛兵 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: вартовий Urdu flag Urdu: سنتری ، پہرہ دار
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: lính gác Chinese flag Chinese: 卫兵

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