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  - sentence
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  - sentient
  - sentiment
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sentry

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sentry/ˈsentri/

▶noun (pl. sentries) a soldier stationed to keep guard or to control access to a place.

– origin C17: perh. from obs. centrinel, var. of sentinel.

'sentry' also found in these Oxford entries:

go - qui vive - sentry box - sentry-go - vedette

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