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VEDETTE

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 965 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VEDETTE , a See also:

French military See also:term (formed from See also:Lat. videre, to see), adopted into See also:English and other See also:languages for a mounted sentry or outpost, whose See also:function it is to bring See also:information, give signals or warnings of danger, etc., to the See also:main See also:body of troops.

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