Lexic.us

Definition of Military post

1. Noun. Military installation at which a body of troops is stationed. "There is an officer's club on the post"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Military Post

Literary usage of Military post

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"... the studies and exercises, has command over all persons belonging to the academy, and commands the military- post. The present superintendent is Col. ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"A military post, 1704. A stone which is still in the court of the hotel, near the central post, bears this simple inscription : " To CLAUDE CHAPPE. ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... a strong military post, a favorite seat of national assemblies, and an occasional royal residence, now became for the first time a seat of learning. ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1904)
"It will be seen that the direction is to "establish a military post." It was for this "post" that the tract in controversy was taken, and the statement in ..."

5. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1884)
"THE military post WALLA WALLA. . tive. Peaches, pears, apples, plums, cherries, grapes, ... The military post is one of the institutions of Walla Walla, ..."

6. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1884)
"THE military post. WALLA WALLA. tive. Peaches, pears, apples, plums, cherries, grapes, ... The military post is one of the institutions of Walla Walla, ..."

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