sentinel
Meaning of sentinel
noun
- a soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch.
soldiers stood sentinel with their muskets
- an indicator of the presence of disease.
a sentinel surveillance programme for influenza
- station a soldier or guard by (a place) to keep watch.
a wide course had been roped off and sentinelled with police
late 16th century: from French sentinelle, from Italian sentinella, of unknown origin.
Information about sentinel
- The plural form of sentinel is: sentinels.
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Hyphenation of sentinel
sen-tinel
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- sentinel is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
sentinel synonyms
Meaning lookout:
lookout, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket
Anagrams of sentinel
Words that rhyme with sentinel
trainel, cinel, Pinel, chlorospinel, espinel, spinel, crinel, morinel, Sentinel, Tinel, centinel, doretinel, gavestinel, outsentinel
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