Sentry
Sentry noun - A person or group that watches over someone or something.
Usage example: a sentry posted to watch for intruders
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Synonyms for Sentry
Watch
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Call Back: The plan to perform sentry duty at the motel is a call back to when the Mistakes kept watch in shift at Thaddeus' house back in the original timeline.
Source: Role Play / Deadly Mistakes - Detonate them just as the Uber ends, and watch as the entire enemy sentry-nest goes up in smoke.
Source: Catharsis Factor -
Undertale has Sans, who has the job of being a sentry that's supposed to watch out for humans that enter the Underground.
Source: Surveillance Station Slacker
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Watch and Sentry. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/sentry/watch
Sentry & Watch. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/sentry/watch>.
Watch or Sentry. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/sentry/watch.
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