ouster

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /aʊstə/
• (America) IPA: /aʊstəɹ/

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

• French: limogeage
• German: Vertreibung, Amtsenthebung

Verb

ouster (ousters, present participle oustering; past and past participle oustered)

1. To oust.

Noun

ouster (plural ousters)

1. (UK) Someone who ousts.

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