outposts

n. foreign or distant military position; troops posted in a distant or foreign military position; distant settlement

Outposts, Journeys to the surviving relics of the British Empire (ISBN 0141011890) is a book by Simon Winchester. It details his travels to each of the remaining dependencies of the British Empire and was first published in 1985. It was reprinted in 2003 with a new foreword written to address the changing political climate and attitudes in relation to the British Empire, in particular the hand over of Hong Kong to China.
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Noun
1. a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
(synonym) outstation
(hypernym) post, station
2. a settlement on the frontier of civilization
(synonym) frontier settlement
(hypernym) colony, settlement
3. a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops
(hypernym) military post, post
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine

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