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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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