sentinel
pronunciation
How to pronounce sentinel in British English:
UK [ˈsentɪnl]
How to pronounce sentinel in American English:
US [ˈsɛntənəl]
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- Noun:
- a person employed to watch for something to happen
Word Origin
- sentinel (n.)
- 1570s, from Middle French sentinelle (16c.), from Italian sentinella "a sentinel." OED says "No convincing etymology of the It. word has been proposed," but perhaps (via a notion of "perceive, watch"), from sentire "to hear," from Latin sentire "feel, perceive by the senses" (see sense (n.)).
Example
- 1. Not just any old mountains , half dome , sentinel and el capitan have been immortalized by landscape photographer ansel adams .
- 2. The beige-colored aircraft , identified by iran as rq-170 sentinel drone , was elevated on a black podium under iran 's flag .
- 3. An nba team executive told the sun sentinel thursday afternoon , " all of our contacts from caa say he is coming to you guys . "
- 4. A source familiar with the heat 's chances told the sun sentinel that the team knows james " still has interest " but that management is not necessarily completely confident that it is the favorite .
- 5. Although that should take care of most of the truly fearsome rocks ( and provide a bonanza for scientists who study asteroids ) , sentinel 's catalogue will not be comprehensive .