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noun a station established at a distance from the main body of an army to protect it from surprise attack: We keep only a small garrison of men at our desert outposts.
the body of troops stationed there; detachment or perimeter guard.
an outlying settlement, installation, position, etc.
Origin of outpost First recorded in 1750–60; out- + post2
Words nearby outpost outplacement, outplay, outpoint, outport, outporter, outpost , outpour, outpouring, out-process, outpull, output
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Example sentences from the Web for outpost The Cubans pulled up to the outpost and crammed the survivors into an open-body jeep and a pickup truck.
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A former store manager at a Malibu, California outpost filed a lawsuit in December of 2012.
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On July 4, 2009, a human wave of insurgents attacked the joint U.S./Afghan outpost at Zerok.
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A guard tower sat high up on a nearby hill, but the outpost itself was no fortress.
We Lost Soldiers in the Hunt for Bergdahl, a Guy Who Walked Off in the Dead of Night | Nathan Bradley Bethea| June 2, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Bergdahl was relieved from guard duty, and instead of going to sleep, he fled the outpost on foot.
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Now this outpost of Vincennes was one of the first settlements formed in the valley of the Mississippi.
On the Kentucky Frontier | James Otis
The piquets were strengthened and pushed forward, affording another opportunity for a useful lesson in outpost duty.
Forty-one years in India | Frederick Sleigh Roberts
A plan to invade England also helped to deflect his mind from establishing an outpost of his empire upon our continent.
A Straight Deal | Owen Wister
It was that noise we heard in the night, and we were fully expecting a horde of these men of Kharili to pour upon our outpost .
Captured at Tripoli | Percy F. Westerman
His camp was concealed by a skirt of woods, and covered by an outpost .
The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving | Washington Irving
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British Dictionary definitions for outpost noun military a position stationed at a distance from the area occupied by a major formation the troops assigned to such a position an outlying settlement or position
a limit or frontier
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Words related to outpost settlement, station, frontier, position, boundary