Outpost
['aʊtpəʊst] or ['aʊtpost]
Definition
(noun.) a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) The troops placed at such a station.
Editor: Ryan
Definition
n. a post or station beyond the main body of an army: the troops placed there.
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Examples
- And thus came Tarzan of the Apes to the first outpost of civilization. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The bearer had ridden over to the imperial outpost at Bostra in the wilderness south of Damascus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Like a careful general, his first visit was to the outposts at the western pass, where he found everything in an extremely satisfactory condition. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Johnston's cavalry meanwhile had been well out towards our front, and occasional encounters occurred between it and our outposts. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- About a mile from the main camp we encountered their outposts and, as had been prearranged, accepted this as the signal to charge. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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