outport

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9
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11
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7

Definition of outport

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A port city or harbor which is secondary to a main port; it may be a distant one or a nearby auxiliary one.
    “Outport or provincial contacts like those of Cogan, Vassal, Bidgood, or Samuel Cole were exceptions. To a remarkable extent the first exchanges of goods were carried on between London and Boston. In fact, the bulk of the traffic originated in a few streets of the English capital.”
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noun

  1. A port city or harbor which is secondary to a main port; it may be a distant one or a nearby auxiliary one.
    “Outport or provincial contacts like those of Cogan, Vassal, Bidgood, or Samuel Cole were exceptions. To a remarkable extent the first exchanges of goods were carried on between London and Boston. In fact, the bulk of the traffic originated in a few streets of the English capital.”
  2. (Newfoundland)Any city, town, or village having a port, other than the main port of St. John's.

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Etymology

From out- + port.

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