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n. A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy.

n. Anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.

n. A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy; hence, anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.

n. A guard at a distance from the main body of an army; the guard at the furthest distance; hence, anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.

"At midnight the fair was still packed and the outguard patrols of the PFs and Marines had reported all was quiet."

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