sentry

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
2. (uncountable) Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
3. A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.
4. A watchtower.
5. An animal like a marmot tasked with alerting the pack to danger.

Konzepte

Wache

Wachposten

Posten

Schildwache

Wächter

💂

Wachturm

wachhabender Soldat

Wachdienst

Aussichtspunkt

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Hinweiszeichen

Markierung

Späher

Wachmann

Synonyme

guard

💂

sentinel

watchman

watch

⌚

picket

scout

lookout

patrol

guardsman

💂‍♂️

spotter

security guard

lookout man

watchdog

watcher

vedette

mark

night watch

object

objective

patrolman

perceiver

protector

purport

purpose

purview

sake

🍶

scope

tenor

vantage point

view

warder

watchtower

vidette

design

aim

guard at night

animus

beholder

caretaker

cause

custodian

effect

end

🔚

examination

guardian

guarding

heholder

intension

keeper

look out

Übersetzungen

centinela

sentinelle

sentinella

schildwacht

💂

wacht

guardia

💂

sentinela

nöbetçi

💂

sentinella

factionnaire

σκοπός

guardia

scolta

💂

garde

💂

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈsɛntɹi/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From earlier sentrie, sentery, of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of sentinel or sanctuary; or perhaps from Old French senteret (“a path”), diminutive of sentier, from Medieval Latin semitarius (“a path”).