English-Thai Dictionary

sentinel

N ผู้ เฝ้ายาม  ทหารยาม  ยาม  guard sentry watchman phu-fao-yam

 

sentinel

VT เฝ้ายาม  ยืนยาม  พิทักษ์  จัดหา ยาม มา เฝ้า  fao-yam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SENTINEL

n.[from L. sentio, to perceive. ] In military affairs, a soildier sent to watch or guard an army, camp or other place from surprise, to observe the approach of danger and give notice of it. In popular sense, the word is contracted into sentry.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SENTINEL

Sen "ti *nel, n. Etym: [F. sentinelle (cf. It. sentinella ); probably originally, a litle path, the sentinel's beat, , and a dim. of a word meaning, path; cf. F. sente path. L. semita; and OF. sentine, sentele, senteret, diminutive words. Cf. Sentry. ]

 

1. One who watches or guards; specifically (Mil. ), a soldier set to guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it; a sentry. The sentinels who paced the ramparts. Macaulay.

 

2. Watch; guard. [Obs. ] "That princes do keep due sentinel. " Bacon.

 

3. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil ) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab.

 

SENTINEL

Sen "ti *nel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sentineled or Sentinelled; p. pr. &vb. n. Sentineling or Sentinelling.]

 

1. To watch over like a sentinel. "To sentinel enchanted land. " [R.] Sir W. Scott.

 

2. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sentinel

sen ti nel |ˈsentn-əl ˈsentɪnl | ▶noun a soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch. • Medicine a thing that acts as an indicator of the presence of disease: [ as modifier ] : the first national HIV sentinel surveillance program in the developing world. ▶verb ( sentinels, sentineling, sentineled; chiefly Brit. sentinels, sentinelling, sentinelled ) [ with obj. ] station a soldier or guard by (a place ) to keep watch: a wide course had been roped off and sentineled with police | figurative : trees sentineled the trenches. PHRASES stand sentinel (of a soldier ) keep watch: soldiers stood sentinel with their muskets | figurative : a tall round tower standing sentinel over the river. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French sentinelle, from Italian sentinella, of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sentinel

sentinel |ˈsɛntɪn (ə )l | ▶noun 1 a soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch: soldiers stood sentinel with their muskets. 2 Medicine an indicator of the presence of disease. ▶verb ( sentinels, sentinelling, sentinelled; US sentinels, sentineling, sentineled ) [ with obj. ] station a soldier or guard by (a place ) to keep watch: a wide course had been roped off and sentinelled with police. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French sentinelle, from Italian sentinella, of unknown origin.

 

French Dictionary

sentinelle

sentinelle n. f. nom féminin Soldat qui assure la garde. Note Technique Bien qu ’il désigne généralement un homme, ce nom est toujours féminin.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sentinel

sen ti nel /sént (ə )n (ə )l |-tɪn -/名詞 C ｟文 やや古 ｠歩哨 （ほしよう ）, 番兵 ; 見張り (sentry )▸ stand sentinel over A Aの見張りをする, 歩哨に立つ 動詞 他動詞 1 ｟詩 ｠…を見張る .2 …を見張りに立たせる .