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nouna person employed to keep watch for some anticipated eventtype of:
Definition that contains sentry
- beat a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- station the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
- round a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- guard the duty of serving as a sentry
- post the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
- challenge a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
- sentry box a small shelter with an open front to protect a sentry from the weather
- sentry duty the duty of serving as a sentry
- demand for identification as by a sentry
- sentry go the duty of serving as a sentry