mounted+sentry

  • 1Sentry gun — The sentry gun is a gun that is automatically aimed and fired at targets that are detected by sensors. The earliest functioning sentry gun was the Phalanx CIWS, a radar guided gatling gun platform that defends ships from missiles. In 2006,… …

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  • 2Earth Sentry — Superherobox| caption= comic color=background:#ff8080 character name=Earth Sentry real name=John Foster publisher=Marvel Comics debut= A Next #2 (1999) creators=Tom DeFalco Ron Frenz alliance color=background:#ffc0c0 alliances=A Next aliases=… …

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  • 3ve|dette — «vih DEHT», noun. 1. a mounted sentry stationed in advance of the outposts of an army. 2. = vedette boat. (Cf. ↑vedette boat) Also, vidette. ╂[< French vedette < Italian vedetta sentry post, outlook (alteration of veletta < Spanish vela… …

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  • 4vedette — n. Mounted sentinel, mounted sentry …

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  • 5Vedette — The French military term vedette (formed from Latin videre , to see), migrated into English and other languages to refer to a mounted sentry or outpost, who has the function of bringing information, giving signals or warnings of danger, etc, to a …

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  • 6Kenneth Alford — Kenneth Joseph Alford is a pseudonym taken by Major Fredrick Joseph Ricketts. As a composer he is best known for his marches, the most famous of which being Colonel Bogey . British officers of his day were not encouraged to pursue interests… …

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  • 7vedette — /vi det /, n. (formerly) 1. Also called vedette boat. a small naval launch used for scouting. 2. a mounted sentry in advance of the outposts of an army. Also, vidette. [1680 90; < F < It vedetta outlook where a sentinel is posted, alter. of&#8230; …

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  • 8vedette — [vɪ dɛt] noun 1》 historical a mounted sentry positioned beyond an army s outposts to observe the movements of the enemy. 2》 chiefly N. Amer. a stage or film star. Origin C17: from Fr., lit. scout …

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  • 9vedette — ve•dette or vidette [[t]vɪˈdɛt[/t]] n. mil a mounted sentry in advance of the outposts of an army • Etymology: 1680–90; &LT; F &LT; It vedetta outlook where a sentinel is posted, alter. of earlier veletta …

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  • 10vedette — /vəˈdɛt/ (say vuh det) noun 1. Also, vedette boat. a small naval launch used for scouting. 2. a mounted sentry in advance of the outposts of an army. Also, vidette. {French, from Italian vedetta, from vedere see, from Latin vidēre} …