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post
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the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
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Other meanings
2. noun
military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
3. noun
a job in an organization
4. noun
an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position
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