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Webster 1913 Edition
Outpost
Out′postˊ
,Noun.
(Mil.)
(a)
A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy.
(b)
The troops placed at such a station.
Webster 1828 Edition
Outpost
OUT'POST
, n.1.
A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army.2.
The troops placed at such a station.Definition 2024
outpost
outpost
English
Noun
outpost (plural outposts)
- A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.
- The outpost did not have enough ammunition to resist a determined assault.
- The body of troops manning such a post.
- Sgt. Smith fleeced most of the rest of the outpost of their earnings in their weekly game of craps.
- An outlying settlement.
- Beyond the border proper, there are three small outposts not officially under government protection.
- (chess) A square protected by a pawn that is in or near the enemy's stronghold.
Translations
A military post
The troops themselves
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An outlying settlement