Definitions for ousterˈaʊ stər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

oust•erˈaʊ stər(n.)

  1. expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied.

Origin of ouster:

1525–35; < AF, n. use of inf. See oust

Princeton's WordNet

  1. ouster, ejector(noun)

    a person who ousts or supplants someone else

  2. ouster(noun)

    a wrongful dispossession

  3. ouster, ousting(noun)

    the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out

Wiktionary

  1. ouster(Noun)

    Someone who ousts.

  2. Origin: Law French ouster, oustre, noun use of oustre.


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