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Definition of "vidette" []

  • Variant of vedette. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "vidette" in a sentence
  • "Before daybreak a vidette informed him that he could hear troops crossing the railroad."
  • "As they forced their horses over it, I discovered my friend, the "vidette" among them, who cried out as he saw me "_That_ is General Wilson, kill him?" and I have not the least doubt his advice would have been followed, but for Essex, who cried out from a snug corner, where he was ensconced, "For God's sake, don't shoot! He is one of your best friends!""
  • "The vidette, on his part, kept a watchful eye on the Dowrah, a guide supplied at the last village, who, having got more than halfway from his own house, was much to be suspected of meditating how to escape the trouble of going further."
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