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Jump to navigationJump to searchCreated page with 'File:lighterstill.jpgright|frame ==Origin== Middle French ''sentinelle'', from Old Italian ''sentinella'', from ''sentina'' [[vigilan...'
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==Origin==
Middle French ''sentinelle'', from Old Italian ''sentinella'', from ''sentina'' [[vigilance]], from ''sentire'' to [[perceive]], from Latin
''Sentry'' is perhaps from obsolete sentry [[sanctuary]], watchtower
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1579]
==Definitions==
*1: Sentry that is a : guard, watch; especially : a [[soldier]] standing guard at a [[point]] of passage (as a gate)
==Description==
A border '''guard''' of a country is a national [[security]] agency that performs border control, i.e., enforces the security of the country's [[national]] [[borders]]. Some of the national border guard agencies also perform coast guard (like in Germany or Ukraine) and [[rescue]] [[service]] [[duties]].
In [[different]] countries, names of particular border guard services vary significantly. The [[service]] may be called "police", "guard", "troops" or "sentinel" and the name would refer to the nation's official term for the state border - whether it is "[[frontier]]" or "border".
==See also==
*'''''[[Outpost]]'''''
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origin==
Middle French ''sentinelle'', from Old Italian ''sentinella'', from ''sentina'' [[vigilance]], from ''sentire'' to [[perceive]], from Latin
''Sentry'' is perhaps from obsolete sentry [[sanctuary]], watchtower
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1579]
==Definitions==
*1: Sentry that is a : guard, watch; especially : a [[soldier]] standing guard at a [[point]] of passage (as a gate)
==Description==
A border '''guard''' of a country is a national [[security]] agency that performs border control, i.e., enforces the security of the country's [[national]] [[borders]]. Some of the national border guard agencies also perform coast guard (like in Germany or Ukraine) and [[rescue]] [[service]] [[duties]].
In [[different]] countries, names of particular border guard services vary significantly. The [[service]] may be called "police", "guard", "troops" or "sentinel" and the name would refer to the nation's official term for the state border - whether it is "[[frontier]]" or "border".
==See also==
*'''''[[Outpost]]'''''
[[Category: General Reference]]
