Editing Vedette (sentry) (section)

{{Short description|Early warning soldier or military unit}}
[[File:Senglea-gardjola-274.jpg|thumb|''Gardjola'' is a type of vedette. ([[Senglea]], [[Malta]])]]

A  '''vedette''' is a mounted sentry or [[picket (military)|picket]], who has the function of bringing information, giving signals or warnings of danger, etc., to a main body of [[troop]]s.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=965}}{{efn|The word originated as a French military term '''vedette''' (formed from [[Latin]] ''videre'', to see) {{harv|Chisholm|1911}}, also spelled ''vidette''.}} In modern terms, the soldiers who man '''listening-posts''' are the equivalent of vedettes.