ouster

• (UK) IPA^(key): /aʊstə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /aʊstəɹ/
• Rhymes: -aʊstə(ɹ)

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

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.
   • 2020 June 21, “‘They Just Dumped Him Like Trash’: Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents”, in New York Times‎:

     According to three Lakeview employees, Mr. 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.

   • 2022 September 6, Mark Landler, Stephen Castle, “Truss Takes Office, Promising Britons They Can ‘Ride Out the Storm’”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Mr. Sunak, a former chancellor whose resignation in July precipitated Mr. Johnson’s ouster, earlier said he would not serve in Ms. Truss’s cabinet.

   • 2023 November 18, Blake Montgomery, Dani Anguiano, “OpenAI fires co-founder and CEO Sam Altman for allegedly lying to company board”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     The announcement blindsided employees, many of whom learned of the sudden ouster from an internal announcement and the company’s public facing blog.

• ouster le main

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

1. To oust.

oust +‎ -er

ouster (plural ousters)

1. (UK) Someone who ousts.

• Souter, Toures, outers, rouets, routes, souter, touser, trouse

ouster

1. (chiefly Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of oster

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.