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Sentinel is a related term of champion.


As a noun sentinel

is a sentry or guard.

As a verb sentinel

is to watch over as a guard.

As a proper noun champion is

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sentinel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sentry or guard.
  • * 1719-
  • They promised faithfully to bear their confinement with patience, and were very thankful that they had such good usage as to have provisions and light left them; for Friday gave them candles (such as we made ourselves) for their comfort; and they did not know but that he stood sentinel over them at the entrance.
  • * Macaulay
  • the sentinels who paced the ramparts
  • (computer science) a unique string of characters recognised by a computer program for processing in a special way; a keyword.
  • The ''<nowiki>'' tag is a sentinel that suspends web-page processing and displays the subsequent text literally.
  • Watch; guard.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • that princes do keep due sentinel
  • A sentinel crab.
  • Verb

  • To watch over as a guard.
  • He sentineled the north wall.
  • To post as guard.
  • He sentineled him on the north wall.
  • To post a guard for.
  • He sentineled the north wall with just one man.

    champion

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who has been a winner in a contest.
  • (rfex-sense) Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
  • Someone who fights for a cause or status.
  • Someone who fights on another's behalf.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (label) Acting as a champion; that has defeated all one's competitors.
  • (label) Excellent; beyond compare.
  • Excellent; superb; deserving of high praise.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to promote, advocate, or act as a champion for
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