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单词 out-sentinel
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out-sentineln.

Forms: see out- prefix and sentinel n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, sentinel n.
Etymology: < out- prefix + sentinel n. Compare earlier out-sentry n.
Obsolete.
= out-sentry n.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > guard > outpost
out-guard1598
out-sentry1691
out-sentinel1705
out-picquet1811
1705 Boston News-let. 3 Sept. 2/2 Her Majesties Ship the Deptford returned this day from her Cruise, who came short of the Virginia Barque at Port Royal about 3 hours, he brought with him their out Sentinel.
1728 Mem. Eng. Officer 67 My out Centinel challeng'd 'em, and..they answer'd, Hispanioli.
1817 W. Dunlap Glory of Columbia v. i. 51 I heard the general ask for the three volunteers who had brought off all the enemy's out-sentinels.
1862 B. T. Johnson in War of Rebellion (U.S. War Dept.) (1897) 1st Ser. LI. i. 60 I started to go to the outsentinel to select a position for a picket.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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