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Definition of Trading post
1. Noun. A retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise.
Generic synonyms: Mercantile Establishment, Outlet, Retail Store, Sales Outlet
Definition of Trading post
1. Noun. a place where trading of goods takes place. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trading Post
Literary usage of Trading post
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Sixty Years on the Plains, Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting by William Thomas Hamilton (1905)
"I Establish a Trading-Post at Missoula. Fort Benton. The Expedition of 1874 with
General Crook. American Horse. Later Years. D USSELL bought a fine unbroken ..."
2. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"... FUR-HUNTERS LICENSED— PURCHASE OF LIVR-STOCK —PROPOSED TRADING-POST—RAE'S
ESTABLISHMENT AT ... Tradingpost ..."
3. The Daring Adventures of Kit Carson and Fremont, Among Buffaloes, Grizzlies by John Charles Frémont (1888)
"Here they encamped at a trading post. This force, to which Carson was attached
in the capacity of guide, was composed of about thirty souls, all told. ..."
4. Kit Carson's Life and Adventures: From Facts Narrated by Himself : Embracing by De Witt Clinton Peters (1873)
"... Missionary—Kit Carson goes on a Trading Expedition to the Navajo Indians—The
Return— He accepts the post of Hunter of the trading post at Brown's Hole. ..."
5. Joint Report Upon the Survey and Demarcation of the Boundary Between the by International Boundary Commission, William Frederick King, James Joseph McArthur, 1856-, Otto Hilgard Tittmann, Edward Chester Barnard, Ernest Lester Jones (1921)
"Mr. Henry, of this company, founded a trading post on a branch of the Lewis River,
the first to be established on the waters of the Columbia. ..."
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