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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
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