trading post
noun
1
: a station of a trader or trading company established in a sparsely settled region where trade in products of local origin (such as furs) is carried on
Examples of trading post in a Sentence
The French set up a trading post on the coast.
The town was first established as a trading post.
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Set in 1766, this harrowing novel centers on an expedition organized by the head of a Hudson’s Bay Company trading post, in Canada, who dispatches a group to secretly search for a gold deposit on remote lands inhabited by Indigenous tribes.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026
History of Wimberley Established as a trading post by settlers in 1848, the area was previously home to Native Americans and later frequented by Spanish conquistadors who had taken up in nearby San Antonio.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
One day in January 1766, a scruffy visitor turns up at Prince of Wales’ Fort, a remote trading post of the Hudson’s Bay Company in what is now northern Manitoba.
—Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2026
Walking into the visitor center at Hubbell Trading Post National Historical Site in Ganado, visitors are greeted by displays and exhibits that show how the trading post and its trader were integral to the small Navajo community — and how the community, in turn, shaped the post.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026
History of Wimberley Established as a trading post by settlers in 1848, the area was previously home to Native Americans and later frequented by Spanish conquistadors who had taken up in nearby San Antonio.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
One day in January 1766, a scruffy visitor turns up at Prince of Wales’ Fort, a remote trading post of the Hudson’s Bay Company in what is now northern Manitoba.
—Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2026
Walking into the visitor center at Hubbell Trading Post National Historical Site in Ganado, visitors are greeted by displays and exhibits that show how the trading post and its trader were integral to the small Navajo community — and how the community, in turn, shaped the post.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Trading post.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trading%20post. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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