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frontier outpost

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  • outpost — (n.) 1757, military position detached from the main body of troops, from OUT (Cf. out) + POST (Cf. post) (2). Originally in George Washington s letters. Commercial sense of trading settlement near a frontier is from 1802. Phrase outpost of Empire …   Etymology dictionary

  • outpost — index border, frontier, periphery Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • outpost — [out′pōst΄] n. 1. Mil. a) a small group stationed at a distance from the main force in order to prevent an enemy surprise attack b) the place or station occupied by such a group c) any military base away from the home country 2. a settlement on a …   English World dictionary

  • frontier — I noun ambit, border, borderland, bound, boundary, boundary line, circumjacencies, compass, confinium, demarcation line, edge, faubourg, finis, fringe, limit, limitations, line of demarcation, march, outer district, outer edge, outer part,… …   Law dictionary

  • Outpost (civilian) — For other uses, see Outpost. An Outpost in civilian terms denotes an outlying frontier settlement or colony in a remote or sparsely populated location, on the frontier of civilization or on or across political boundaries of the state, far away… …   Wikipedia

  • Outpost (military) — For other uses, see Outpost. An Outpost in military terminology essentially means a detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main force or formation, usually at a station in a remote or sparsely populated location, positioned to… …   Wikipedia

  • Frontier Nursing Service — The Frontier Nursing Service provides healthcare services to rural, underserved populations and educates nurse midwives. The Service maintains six rural healthcare clinics in eastern Kentucky, the Mary Breckinridge Hospital, the Mary Breckinridge …   Wikipedia

  • outpost — Synonyms and related words: Berlin wall, China, Darkest Africa, God knows where, Greenland, North Pole, Outer Mongolia, Pago Pago, Pillars of Hercules, Siberia, South Pole, Thule, Tierra del Fuego, Timbuktu, Ultima Thule, Yukon, advance guard,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • frontier — [[t]frʌ̱ntɪə(r), tɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] frontiers 1) N COUNT A frontier is a border between two countries. [BRIT] It wasn t difficult then to cross the frontier. (in AM, usually use border) 2) N COUNT When you are talking about the western part of America… …   English dictionary

  • frontier — Synonyms and related words: Berlin wall, China, Darkest Africa, God knows where, Greenland, North Pole, Outer Mongolia, Pago Pago, Pillars of Hercules, Siberia, South Pole, Thule, Tierra del Fuego, Timbuktu, Ultima Thule, Yukon, anteriority,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • frontier settlement — noun a settlement on the frontier of civilization (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑outpost • Hypernyms: ↑colony, ↑settlement …   Useful english dictionary

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