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   outpost

   /ˈaʊtpəʊst/

   noun

   • 1. a small military camp or position at some distance from the main army, used especially as a guard against surprise attack: "troops in some outposts have surrendered"
   • 2. a remote part of a country or empire: "a few scattered outposts along the west coast"
   • ▪ an isolated or remote branch of something: "the community is the last outpost of civilization in the far north"

   Scrabble Points: 9

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