|
|
Definition of Outstation
1. Noun. A station in a remote or sparsely populated location.
Definition of Outstation
1. Noun. A station or post in a remote position; an outpost ¹
2. Adverb. (''Indian, Malaysian, Singaporean'') Out of town (but usually within the same country). ¹
3. Adjective. (''Indian, Malaysian, Singaporean'') Out of town (but usually within the same country). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outstation
1. [n -S]
Outstation Pictures
Click the following link to bring up a new window with an automated collection of images related to the term: Outstation Images
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outstation
Literary usage of Outstation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Virgil C. Hart: Missionary Statesman, Founder of the American and Canadian by Evanston Ives Hart (1917)
""Come with me to our new outstation at Omei, a quiet city nestling in a fertile
plain near the foothills of the great Mount Omei. The mountain now wears her ..."
2. The Life of John Livingston Nevius: For Forty Years a Missionary in China by Helen Sanford Coan Nevius (1895)
"NEVIUS TO THE UNITED STATES ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FIRST outstation, SAN-POH AT
the beginning of the year 1856 we met an unexpected -i A. trial. ..."
3. With a policeman in South Africa by Ernest W. Searle (1900)
"Arrival at Estcourt—Court Orderly and Jail-guard— De Kaap Gold Rush—Tugela River
outstation Life —In Kafir ..."
4. The Church at Home and Abroad by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A, General Assembly (1892)
"outstation: Murree. LAHORE: the political capital of the ... outstation at Vaga,
Miss Clara Thiede, one native teacher. In England: Mrs. John Newton, ..."
Other Resources Relating to: Outstation
