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Definition of Outpost
1. Noun. A station in a remote or sparsely populated location.
2. Noun. A settlement on the frontier of civilization.
3. Noun. A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Definition of Outpost
1. n. 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.
Definition of Outpost
1. Noun. A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops. ¹
2. Noun. The body of troops manning such a post. ¹
3. Noun. An outlying settlement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outpost
1. a body of troops stationed at a distance from the main body [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outpost
Literary usage of Outpost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"outpost orders. The formal orders covering the placing of an outpost are as
follows: 1. The halt order of the supreme commander which designates the troops ..."
2. The Service of Security and Information by Arthur Lockwood Wagner (1896)
"As a rule, the maximum strength of an outpost is one-sixth of the entire force.
This proportion should not be exceeded, except in case of absolute necessity ..."
3. Military Sketching and Map Reading by Loren Chester Grieves (1917)
"LESSON XIII POSITION AND outpost SKETCHES Military sketches may be classified
as "Road Sketches" and "Area Sketches." We have already discussed the road ..."
4. Military Sketching and Map Reading by Loren Chester Grieves (1918)
"LESSON XIII POSITION AND outpost SKETCHES Military sketches may be classified
as "Road Sketches" and "Area Sketches." We have already discussed the road ..."
5. The Service of Security and Information by Arthur Lockwood Wagner (1896)
"As a rule, the maximum strength of an outpost is one-sixth of the entire force.
This proportion should not be exceeded, except in case of absolute necessity ..."
6. Military Topography and Photography by Floyd D. Carlock (1918)
"outpost SKETCHES. outpost sketches are rapid military surveys of sections along
the outposts and as far towards the hostile position as can be sketched from ..."
7. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1866)
"On the morning of the twenty-fifth June, I relieved Colonel Kennedy, on outpost,
having orders to support the pickets of General ..."
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