Etymology

guerite

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Today it means: A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions. Full definition →

French guérite
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  1. French · borrowed fromguérite
  2. English todayguerite

From French guérite. Doublet of garret.

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