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sentinel (SEN-tuh-nuhl) noun
One that watches or keeps guard. verb tr. To watch over as a guard. [From French sentinelle, from Italian sentinella, from Old Italian sentina, vigilance, from sentire, to watch, from Latin sentire, to observe.] "What is the Citadel? Sir, it is a fortress of duty, a sentinel of responsibility, a bastion of antiquity, a towering bulwark of rigid discipline, instilling within us high ideals, honor, uprightness, loyalty, patriotism, obedience, initiative, leadership, professional knowledge and pride in achievement -- from the school handbook." Rick Reilly, What is the Citadel?, Sports Illustrated, Sep 14, 1992. This week's theme: Words from the names of newspapers. Examples: The Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent, UK); Many US Sentinels: http://ajr.newslink.org/cgi/find.cgi?4=sentinel&;3=&2=&1= ............................................................................ If a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture, or philosophy, he makes a bad husband, and an ill provider. -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882) Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone." Invite your friends and family to join in the quest by sending a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day. It is free! http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/sentinel.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/sentinel.ram
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