outstation

[ out-stey-shuhn ]

noun
  1. a post, station, or settlement in a remote or outlying area.

Origin of outstation

1
First recorded in 1835–45; out- + station

Words Nearby outstation

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British Dictionary definitions for outstation

outstation

/ (ˈaʊtˌsteɪʃən) /


noun
  1. a station or post in a remote region

  2. in a radio network, any station other than the base station

  1. Australian a station set up independently of the head station of a large sheep or cattle farm

  2. outstation movement Australian the programme to resettle native Australians on their tribal lands

adverb
  1. (in Malaysia) away from (the speaker's) town or area

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