OUSTER

ouster, ousting

(noun) the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out

ouster

(noun) a wrongful dispossession

ouster, ejector

(noun) a person who ousts or supplants someone else

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

ouster (plural ousters)

(historical) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.

(property law) Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.

(now chiefly US) Specifically, the forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; coup.

Verb

ouster (third-person singular simple present ousters, present participle oustering, simple past and past participle oustered)

To oust.

Etymology 2

Noun

ouster (plural ousters)

(UK) Someone who ousts.

Anagrams

• Souter, Toures, outers, rouets, routes, souter, touser, trouse

Source: Wiktionary

Oust"er, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. the OF. infin. oster, used substantively. See Oust.]

Definition: A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin. Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement. Blackstone. Ouster le main. Etym: [Ouster + F. la main the hand, L. manus.] (Law) A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of the king's hands, or a judgement given for that purpose. Blackstone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition