Sentence examples similar to merchant outpost from inspiring English sources
He was the first German Jewish merchant to live in this Western outpost along the Santa Fe Trail, where he established the Spiegelberg mercantile business and became sutler to Fort Marcy, keeping it supplied with provisions.
Merchant's Saloon A pretty filthy outpost amid a patch of wholesale produce vendors in Oakland's otherwise mightily gentrified Jack London District, Merchant's Saloon was founded in 1916 and for decades largely served nearby dockworkers.
Yet with its wood-framed houses and cobbled streets, Bergen still retains the character of the medieval port it once was, the northern outpost of the Hanseatic League of merchants who traded dried cod, grain and salt.
While this former colonial outpost is pretty enough with old French houses, Chinese merchants shops and locals playing pétanque under the tropical sun, its main purpose is as a base for travellers who come to tackle the jungle-rich, three-day, 500km odyssey known as the Loop; the highlight of which is the country's most spectacular cave, Kong Lor.
One of the great investment banks of the 19th century, Barings, began life as a London outpost for the family's West Country wool business, operating as both merchant and banker.
But even the online outposts of established merchants are more likely to be pulling back than expanding, as their corporate parents are now more interested in saving money than fending off attacks from the dwindling ranks of dot-com upstarts.
Insurgents entered the outpost.
The outpost asked about jets.
