sentries
Meaning of sentries
plural noun
- a soldier stationed to keep guard or to control access to a place.
sentries patrolled the border
on sentry duty
two men stood sentry on the door every evening
early 17th century: perhaps from obsolete centrinel, variant of sentinel.
Information about sentries
- It is a name.
- The singular form of sentries is: sentry.
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Hyphenation of sentries
sen-tries
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- sentries is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
sentries synonyms
Meaning a person who keeps watch, especially a soldier or other person assigned to protect a person or to control access to a place:
Meaning a soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch:
Meaning a person stationed to keep watch for danger or trouble:
Meaning a small timepiece worn typically on a strap on one's wrist:
Meaning a man employed to look after an empty building, especially at night:
Meaning a routine operational voyage of a ship or aircraft:
Meaning a person or group of people who stand outside a workplace or other venue as a protest or to try to persuade others not to enter during a strike:
Meaning a mounted sentry positioned beyond an army's outposts to observe the movements of the enemy:
Anagrams of sentries
Words that rhyme with sentries
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