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Vedette
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
a French military term (formed from Lat. videre, to see), adopted into English and other languages for a mounted sentry or outpost, whose function it is to bring information, give signals or warnings of danger, etc., to the main body of troops.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Vedette'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/v/vedette.html. 1910.