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A mounted sentinel
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vedette
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Wikipedia
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Vedette is the second b-side album by Argentine rock group Babasónicos . It contains tracks that didn't make the cut for Dopádromo and Babasónica .
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 ...
Usage examples of vedette.
Bagshot, as, disorganised by the vedettes riding through their flank into the zeriba, the Bengalese wavered.
Bagshot, as, disorganised by the vedettes riding through their flank into the zeriba, the Bengalese wavered.