A sentry is a soldier who guards a camp or a building.
The sentry would not let her enter.
Aren't you supposed to be on sentry duty?
Synonyms: guard, watch, lookout, picket More Synonyms of sentry
sentry in British English
(ˈsɛntrɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-tries
1.
a soldier who guards or prevents unauthorized access to a place, keeps watch for danger, etc
2.
the watch kept by a sentry
Word origin
C17: perhaps shortened from obsolete centrinel, C16 variant of sentinel
sentry in American English
(ˈsentri)
nounWord forms: plural-tries
1.
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., esp. a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like
2.
a member of a guard or watch
Word origin
[1605–15; short for sentrinel, var. of sentinel]
Examples of 'sentry' in a sentence
sentry
And so he stayed like a soldier on sentry duty at the palace.
Christianity Today (2000)
In the sand beside one of the sentry posts?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
At the top of the staircase they passed through another identity check by an armed sentry.
Len Deighton Bomber
It might be a sentry box.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They are on sentry duty for two hours at a stretch and can stamp and shout if visitors try to hinder them.
The Sun (2014)
In a lean but highly demanded military this modern soldier must be employed effectively within the operational role and not sentry duty.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Part of my job is sitting on a horse in a sentry box at Whitehall.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They're going to let me take sentry duty at one of the checkpoints.
Oliver Poole BLACK KNIGHTS: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad (2003)
One morning in the early hours he was on sentry duty and dozed off standing up by the side of the sentry box.
John Fisher Tommy Cooper: Always Leave Them Laughing (2006)
Doing sentry duty at 2am in the wet and cold.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They were stopped at the door by an armed sentry, who refused to allow them to enter.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We escorted them into the camp, passing the guards who had barricaded themselves into the sentry box.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It may perch on a rock to get a better view, with sentry duty lasting for around an hour.
The Sun (2011)
He dragged himself clear only to walk into a German sentry on the edge of the town and be returned to captivity.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They thought I was doing sentry duty.
The Sun (2009)
When a sentry position collapsed during a battle with insurgents, he rushed out without body armour under heavy enemy fire to rescue the men.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It was sentry duty now for most of the men of the Black Knights.
Oliver Poole BLACK KNIGHTS: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad (2003)
In other languages
sentry
British English: sentry NOUN
A sentry is a soldier who guards a camp or a building.
The sentry would not let her enter.
American English: sentry
Brazilian Portuguese: sentinela
Chinese: 哨兵
European Spanish: centinela
French: sentinelle
German: Wachtposten
Italian: sentinella
Japanese: 番兵
Korean: 보초
European Portuguese: sentinela
Latin American Spanish: centinela
(noun)
Definition
a soldier who keeps watch and guards a camp or building
The sentry would not let her enter.
Synonyms
guard
The prisoners overpowered their guards and locked them in a cell.
watch
Keep a close watch on him while I'm gone.
lookout
One committed the burglary and the other acted as lookout.
picket
Troops are still manning pickets and patrolling the area.
watchman
He worked for ten years as a watchman in a factory.
sentinel
a watchful sentinel
Additional synonyms
in the sense of lookout
Definition
a person or people keeping such a watch
One committed the burglary and the other acted as lookout.
Synonyms
watchman,
guard,
sentry,
sentinel,
vedette
in the sense of picket
Definition
a small unit of troops posted to give early warning of attack
Troops are still manning pickets and patrolling the area.
Synonyms
lookout,
watch,
guard,
patrol,
scout,
spotter,
sentry,
sentinel,
vedette
in the sense of sentinel
Definition
a sentry
a watchful sentinel
Synonyms
guard,
watch,
lookout,
sentry,
picket,
watchman
Nearby words of
sentry
sentimental
sentimentality
sentinel
sentry
separable
separate
separate something out
Synonyms of 'sentry'
sentry
Explore 'sentry' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of watch
Definition
the act or an instance of watching
Keep a close watch on him while I'm gone.
Synonyms
guard,
eye,
attention,
supervision,
surveillance,
notice,
observation,
inspection,
vigil,
lookout,
vigilance,
heed,
alertness,
watchfulness
in the sense of watchman
Definition
a man employed to guard buildings or property
He worked for ten years as a watchman in a factory.