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Meaning of sentinel

- 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.
- Watch; guard.
- A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab.
- To watch over like a sentinel.
- To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels.

Crossword clue for sentinel

- One who keeps watch
- Sent in the Spanish guard
- Sentry
- Soldier on guard
- Watchman