Small naval scouting vessel

• Any well-known entertainer
• French word for movie star
• A mounted sentinel

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The French military term vedette (formed from Latin videre , to see), also spelled vidette, migrated into English and other languages to refer to a mounted sentry or picket , who has the function of bringing information, giving signals or warnings of danger, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger. 2 (rfdef: English)

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"mounted sentinel placed in advance of an outpost," 1680s, from French vedette (16c.), from Italian (Florentine) vedetta "watch tower, peep hole," probably from vedere "to see," from Latin videre "to see" (see vision ).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vedette \Ve*dette"\, n. [F. vedette, It. vedetta, for veletta (influenced by vedere to see, L. videre), from It. veglia watch, L. vigilia. See Vigil .] A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice ...