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outpost

DEFINITIONS OF: outpost

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n a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops

Type of:
military post, post
military installation at which a body of troops is stationed

n a station in a remote or sparsely populated location

Synonyms:
outstation
Type of:
post, station
the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand

n a settlement on the frontier of civilization

Synonyms:
frontier settlement
Type of:
colony, settlement
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
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