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guet

watch, lookout

noun GEH Rare

Origin: Old French guetier (to watch), of Germanic origin

Usage Note

Guet appears mainly in fixed phrases: faire le guet means 'to keep watch'. The related compound un guet-apens means an ambush; it is always written with a hyphen and has the irregular plural guets-apens.

Examples

"Il faisait le guet devant l'entrée."

Natural Translation

He was keeping watch at the entrance.

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