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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Outpost \Out"post`\, n. (Mil.)
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
outpost
n 1: a station in a remote or sparsely populated location [syn: {outstation}]
2: a settlement on the frontier of civilization [syn: {frontier
settlement}]
3: a military post stationed at a distance from the main body
of troops
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