Ouster
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection. historical
- 2 Someone who ousts. UK
- 3 the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out wordnet
- 4 Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
- 5 a wrongful dispossession wordnet
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- 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."
- 7 a person who ousts or supplants someone else wordnet
- 1 To oust.
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Old French ouster, oustre, a nominalization of Anglo-Norman oustre (“to oust”).
From oust + -er.
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