sentinel

Meaning of sentinel

noun
  1. a soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch.
    soldiers stood sentinel with their muskets
  2. an indicator of the presence of disease.
    a sentinel surveillance programme for influenza
verb
  1. 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

lenients

Words that rhyme with sentinel

trainel, cinel, Pinel, chlorospinel, espinel, spinel, crinel, morinel, Sentinel, Tinel, centinel, doretinel, gavestinel, outsentinel

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