Outpost

Noun

 * 1) A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.
 * The outpost did not have enough ammunition to resist a determined assault.
 * 1) The body of troops manning such a post.
 * Sgt. Smith fleeced most of the rest of the outpost of their earnings in their weekly game of craps.
 * 1) An outlying settlement.
 * Beyond the border proper, there are three small outposts not officially under government protection.

Thesaurus
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Etymology
out + post

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: voorpost
 * Finnish: etuvartio, etuvartioasema
 * French: avant-poste
 * German:


 * Hebrew:
 * Italian: avamposto
 * Romanian: avanpost, avanposturi
 * Russian: форпост


 * Finnish: etuvartio


 * German: Außenposten
 * Hebrew:


 * Romanian: avanpost, avanposturi

Anagrams

 * opt-outs, opts out, out-tops