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Ouster

//ˈæɔstə// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection. historical
  2. 2
    Someone who ousts. UK
  3. 3
    the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out wordnet
  4. 4
    Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
  5. 5
    a wrongful dispossession wordnet
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  1. 6
    The forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; a coup; an ousting. US

    "According to three Lakeview employees, Mr. Kendrick’s ouster came as the nursing home was telling staff members to try to clear out less-profitable residents to make room for a new class of customers who would generate more revenue: patients with Covid-19."

  2. 7
    a person who ousts or supplants someone else wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To oust.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old French ouster, oustre, a nominalization of Anglo-Norman oustre (“to oust”).

Etymology 2

From Old French ouster, oustre, a nominalization of Anglo-Norman oustre (“to oust”).

Etymology 3

From oust + -er.

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