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Meaning of centinel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of sentinel.

alt-of, obsolete

Examples

“Enter Barnardo, and Franciſco, two Centinels.”
“When the centinel first saw our heroe approach, his hair began gently to lift up his grenadier cap; and in the same instant his knees fell to blows with each other.”
“To counterbalance those foreign centinels, there mounted guard on the other side of the mirror two stout warders of Scottish lineage; […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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