Thesaurus: outpost
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.
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Definitions
- 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.
- n. a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
- n. a settlement on the frontier of civilization
- n. a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops
- (a) 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. (b) The troops placed at such a station.
- n:100 n. a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops