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ouster

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Australia/ˈæɔstə/Canada/ˈʌʊstəɹ/

ouster noun: a putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.

Noun (1)

ouster (plural ousters)

  1. (historical) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
  2. Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
  3. (US) The forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; a coup; an ousting.
    • According to three Lakeview employees, Mr. [RC] 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-19.2020 June 21, “‘They Just Dumped Him Like Trash’: Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents”, in New York Times
    • Mr. [Rishi] Sunak, a former chancellor whose resignation in July precipitated Mr. [Boris] Johnson’s ouster, earlier said he would not serve in Ms. [Liz] Truss’s cabinet.2022 September 6, Mark Landler, Stephen Castle, “Truss Takes Office, Promising Britons They Can ‘Ride Out the Storm’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Verb

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

  1. To oust.

Noun (2)

ouster (plural ousters)

  1. (UK) Someone who ousts.

ouster meaning in Urdu

ouster in Urdu

گھر نکالا

Examples of ouster in a sentence

  • The announcement blindsided employees, many of whom learned of the sudden ouster from an internal announcement and the company’s public facing blog.2023 November 18, Blake Montgomery, Dani Anguiano, “OpenAI fires co-founder and CEO Sam Altman for allegedly lying to company board”, in...
  • D.H.S. declined to comment Friday on the ouster of Ms. [Kristi] Noem, who will lead the department through the end of the month.2026 March 7, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Hamed Aleaziz, “Kristi Noem Survived Many Crises. Then She Crossed a Trump Red Line.”, in The New York...

Forms of ouster

Noun
pluralousters
Verb
third-person singular presentousters
present participleoustering
past participleoustered
pastoustered

Origin of ouster

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

From oust + -er.

Questions about ouster

What does ouster mean?
Ouster means a putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
What is ouster in Urdu?
Ouster in Urdu is گھر نکالا. See Ouster meaning in Urdu.
How do you use ouster in a sentence?
The announcement blindsided employees, many of whom learned of the sudden ouster from an internal announcement and the company’s public facing blog.
What part of speech is ouster?
Ouster can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce ouster?
Ouster is pronounced /ˈæɔstə/ (Australia).
What is the plural of ouster?
The plural of ouster is ousters.

Words near ouster in the dictionary

  1. Oustalet
  2. Oustau
  3. ousted
  4. oustee
  5. oustees
  6. ouster
  7. ouster le main
  8. oustered
  9. Ousterhout's dichotomy
  10. oustering
  11. ousters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ouster (page history and authors); ouster (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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