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sentry(dictionary)
sentry(2)(dictionary)
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out-sentry(dictionary)
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sentry(1) (iou)



sentry noun1. Also centry. E17.
[Perh. shortening of centrinel, -onel vars. of SENTINEL noun, with assim. to -RY.]
= SENTINEL noun 3. E-M17.
A soldier stationed to keep watch and prevent unauthorized access to a place; a sentinel, a guard, a lookout. E17.
stand sentry act as a sentry or lookout.
S. Rushdie Sentries guard the door with crossed rifles.
The duty or function of a sentry. Freq. in keep sentry, act as a sentry or lookout. Cf. SENTINEL noun 2. M17.
Comb.: sentry-box a usu. wooden cabin providing shelter for a standing sentry; sentry-go [orig. a military order] the duty of pacing up and down as a sentry, a sentry's patrol.