outpost Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
    outstation.
  2. noun a settlement on the frontier of civilization
    frontier settlement.
  3. noun a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops

WordNet

Out"post` noun
Definitions
  1. (Mil.) (a) 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. (b) The troops placed at such a station.

Webster 1913