outpost

Definition

  • noun: a large military camp that is in another country or that is far from a country's center of activity
  • noun: a security detachment dispatched by a main body of troops to protect it from enemy surprise

Examples

  • The city was established as a military 'outpost' in the 1800s.

  • a remote 'outpost' of the old British Empire

  • an American 'outpost' in Africa

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