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OUTPOST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("outpost" is a kind of...):
military post; post (military installation at which a body of troops is stationed)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A settlement on the frontier of civilization
Synonyms:
frontier settlement; outpost
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("outpost" is a kind of...):
colony; settlement (a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A station in a remote or sparsely populated location
Synonyms:
outpost; outstation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("outpost" is a kind of...):
post; station (the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand)
