SENTRY


Meaning of SENTRY in English

I. ˈsen.trē, -ri noun

( -es )

Etymology: alteration of Middle English seintuarie — more at sanctuary

archaic : sanctuary

II. noun

( -es )

Etymology: perhaps from sentry (I)

1. obsolete : sentinel 2b

2. : a soldier standing guard (as at a passing point)

3. : one that guards as a sentry

rooks … always left a sentry posted on a tree — Adrian Bell

4. : kite 7a

III. verb

( -ed/-ing/-es )

transitive verb

: to guard as a sentry

its marble entrance hall sandbagged and sentried — R.M.Ingersoll

intransitive verb

: to stand guard : act as a sentry

herons had begun sentrying up and down, stalking minnows — Edwin Granberry

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