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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

Movie quotes

  • (..) have the following... firefight not far from the Blue Fountain on page one wounded, and on page the car, turning to the south of Pars behind the police outpost provoked an accident on the road. No link has been established. No mentioning of the caliber pistol Nothing. (..)
    1981 To Kill a Cop