ouster

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /aʊstə/
• (US) IPA: /aʊstəɻ/
• Rhymes: -aʊstə(r)

Etymology 1

Law French ouster, oustre, noun use of Anglo-Norman oustre (“to oust”).

Noun

ouster (plural ousters)

1. (historical) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
2. (property law) Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
3. (now chiefly US) Specifically, the forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; coup.

Translations

forceful removal from power

• Dutch: verdrijving (nl)
• French: limogeage (fr) m

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• Greek: αποπομπή (el) (apopompí) f , εκδίωξη (el) (ekdíoxi) f 

Etymology 2

to oust + -er

Noun

ouster (plural ousters)

1. Someone who ousts.

Anagrams

• outers
• routes
• souter
• trouse