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outpost

noun

1 outpost

A station in a remote or sparsely populated location.

synonym: outstation.

Roget 196: distance; space etc. 180; remoteness, farness, far-cry to; longinquity, elongation; offing, background; remote region; removedness; parallax; ... show more

Roget 227: circumjacence, circumambience; environment, encompassment; atmosphere, medium, surroundings.    outpost; border etc. (edge) 231; girdle etc. ... show more

Roget 234: front; fore, forepart; foreground; face, disk, disc, frontage; facade, proscenium, facia [Lat.], frontispiece; anteriority; obverse ... show more

Dutch: buitenpost
Polish: forpoczta

2 outpost

A settlement on the frontier of civilization.

synonym: frontier settlement.

3 outpost

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

Dutch: buitenpost, voorpost


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