outpost

About 1.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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.

2. noun 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.

3. noun A sentinel positioned outside.
4. noun An outlying settlement.

   Beyond the border proper, there are three small outposts not officially under government protection.

5. noun A square protected by a pawn that is in or near the enemy's stronghold.

Similar words

outstation frontier settlement fort stronghold bastion bulwark rampart settler outsource relocate

Often followed by

of in on at and duty line for to

Word family

outposts