ouster

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʊstə/
• IPA^(key): /aʊstəɹ/
• Rhymes: -aʊstə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French ouster, oustre, a nominalization of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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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• German: Vertreibung (de) f, Amtsenthebung (de) f

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

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

1. To oust.

Etymology 2

oust +‎ -er

Noun

ouster (plural ousters)

1. (UK) Someone who ousts.

Anagrams

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

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Old French

Verb

ouster

1. (chiefly Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of oster

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of ouster (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		ouster			avoir ousté
gerund		en oustant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		oustant
past participle		ousté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	oust	oustes	ouste	oustons	oustez	oustent
	imperfect	oustoie, ousteie, oustoe, ousteve	oustoies, ousteies, oustoes, ousteves	oustoit, ousteit, oustot, ousteve	oustiiens, oustiens	oustiiez, oustiez	oustoient, ousteient, oustoent, oustevent
	preterite	oustai	oustas	ousta	oustames	oustastes	ousterent
	future	ousterai	ousteras	oustera	ousterons	ousteroiz, oustereiz, ousterez	ousteront
	conditional	ousteroie, oustereie	ousteroies, oustereies	ousteroit, oustereit	ousteriiens, ousteriens	ousteriiez, ousteriez	ousteroient, oustereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	oust	ouz	oust	oustons	oustez	oustent
	imperfect	oustasse	oustasses	oustast	oustissons, oustissiens	oustissoiz, oustissez, oustissiez	oustassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	ouste	—	oustons	oustez	—