Ouster

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /aÊŠstÉ™/
• US IPA: /aÊŠstəɹ/
• Rhymes: -aÊŠstÉ™(r)

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

Full definition of ouster

Noun

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.

{1} + -er

Noun

1. Someone who ousts.

Anagrams

• outers
• routes
• souter
• trouse