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out·post

   [out-pohst]
noun
1.
a station established at a distance from the main body of an army to protect it from surprise attack: We keep only a small garrison of men at our desert outposts.
2.
the body of troops stationed there; detachment or perimeter guard.
3.
an outlying settlement, installation, position, etc.
Origin:
1750–60; out- + post2
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outpost (ˈaʊtˌpəʊst)
 
—n
1.  military
 a.  a position stationed at a distance from the area occupied by a major formation
 b.  the troops assigned to such a position
2.  an outlying settlement or position
3.  a limit or frontier

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outpost
1757, "military position detached from the main body of troops," from out + post (2). Originally in George Washington's letters. Commercial sense of "trading settlement near a frontier" is from 1802. Phrase outpost of Empire (1912) echoes Kipling.
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