Sentinel

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Sentinel

Sentinel : காவல்

Sentinel : காவல்ர்

Sentinel definition

Noun.

  1. 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.
  2. Watch; guard.
  3. A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab.

Transitive verb.

  1. To watch over like a sentinel.
  2. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels.