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Definition of Ouster
1. Noun. A person who ousts or supplants someone else.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Derivative terms: Oust
2. Noun. A wrongful dispossession.
3. Noun. The act of ejecting someone or forcing them out.
Generic synonyms: Ejection, Exclusion, Expulsion, Riddance
Specialized synonyms: Deposition, Dethronement
Derivative terms: Oust
Definition of Ouster
1. n. A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin.
Definition of Ouster
1. Noun. (historical) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection. ¹
2. Noun. (property law) Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property. ¹
3. Noun. (context: now chiefly US) Specifically, the forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; coup. ¹
4. Noun. Someone who ousts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ouster
1. the act of ousting [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ouster
1. A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin. "Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement." (Blackstone) Ouster le main. [Ouster + F. La main the hand, L. Manus. A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of the king's hands, or a judgement given for that purpose. Origin: Prob. Fr. The OF. Infin. Oster, used substantively. See Oust. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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