Outport

noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade) wordnet
  3. 3
    Any city, town, or village having a port, other than the main port of St. John's. Newfoundland

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outharbouroutharbour

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From out- + port.

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newfoundland and labradorst john's

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