Synonyms for outpost

Grammar : Noun

Spell : out-pohst

Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˌpoʊst

Définition of outpost

Origin : 1757, "military position detached from the main body of troops," from out + post (n.2). Originally in George Washington's letters. Commercial sense of "trading settlement near a frontier" is from 1802. Phrase outpost of Empire (by 1895) in later use often echoes Kipling.

noun remote station

Example sentences :

It was proposed to build an outpost of Weald there, against blueskins.
Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster

She had only one sentinel on the outpost of her spirit, and that was the sense of touch and feeling.
Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine

Holt was formerly known as Lyons, and was a Roman outpost of Chester.
Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook

While the fight was raging on the plain, Weber with his outpost was driven in.
Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd

This was merely an outpost strategy, laid as they passed along.
Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post

As usual, the Rangers were assigned to outpost duty and scouting.
Extract from : « Rodney, the Ranger » by John V. Lane

Several thousand mosquitos are assiduously eating the outpost.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 10, 1916 » by Various

It was a crisis in the history of Europe: the outpost of Christendom was at bay.
Extract from : « The Story of the Barbary Corsairs » by Stanley Lane-Poole

For fifty years it was a kind of outpost of that part of the State.
Extract from : « Captains of Industry » by James Parton

He desired me to send two companies to strengthen the outpost.
Extract from : « The Citizen-Soldier » by John Beatty

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