Sentry

n.	1.	(Mil.) A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel.
	2.	Guard; watch, as by a sentinel. Here toils, and death, and death's half-brother, sleep, Forms terrible to view, their sentry keep. - Dryden. Sentry box a small house or box to cover a sentinel at his post, and shelter him from the weather.

Noun

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sentry - a person employed to watch for something to happen Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, spotter, watch

Argus, Cassandra, Charley, Jeremiah, admonisher, airplane spotter, cautioner, fire patrolman, fire warden, fireguard, flagman, forward observer, lighthouse keeper, lookout, lookout man, monitor, night watchman, patrol, patroller, patrolman, picket, prophet of doom, roundsman, scout, sentinel, signaler, signalman, spotter, vedette, ward, warner, watch, watcher, watchkeeper, watchman

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