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out⋅post

  [out-pohst]
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–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- + post 2
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out·post   (out'pōst')   
n.  

    1. A detachment of troops stationed at a distance from a main force to guard against surprise attacks.

    2. The station occupied by such troops.

    3. A usually small military base established in another country.

  2. An outlying settlement.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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