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noun
A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law, property
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noun
The forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; a coup; an ousting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Someone who ousts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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verb
To oust.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ousting
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Broader terms: ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance
Narrower terms: deposition, dethronement
noun
a wrongful dispossession
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: eviction, dispossession, legal ouster
noun
a person who ousts or supplants someone else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ejector
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Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
History
From Old French ouster, oustre, a nominalization of Anglo-Norman oustre (“to oust”).
Etymology tree English oust Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English ouster From oust + -er.
Across languages
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