ouster

[ ou-ster ]

noun

1. expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:

   The opposition called for the ouster of the cabinet minister.

2. Law.
   1. an ejection or eviction; dispossession.
   2. a wrongful exclusion from real property.

ouster

/ ˈaʊstə /

noun

1. property law the act of dispossessing of freehold property; eviction; ejection

Word History and Origins

Origin of ouster¹

1525–35; < Anglo-French, noun use of infinitive See oust

Example Sentences

The Jets could still opt to give Darnold another year to develop under a new coaching staff following the ouster of the widely scorned Adam Gase, and use the No.

From Washington Post

The party is also happy to outsource the accountability effort to Democrats who are pushing for the committee ouster.

From Washington Post

Lurie said after the ouster of Pederson that Pederson did not necessarily deserve to be fired but the two differed about the best way for the organization to move forward.

From Washington Post

The Texans hired O’Brien after he spent two years as the head coach of a Penn State program trying to get back on its feet after a scandal rocked the university and forced the ouster of Joe Paterno.

From Washington Post

While each ouster has its own twists and turns, there’s a lot that unites these companies and founders.

From Fortune

Mubarak will remain in an army hospital, where has been held since his ouster.

From The Daily Beast

To the contrary: since the 2011 ouster of Gaddafi, the world has cut Libya a lot of slack.

From The Daily Beast

Nor does the suggestion that her justified complaints about pay inequity played no part in her ouster hold much printer's ink.

From The Daily Beast

After the original tape of Sterling was made public, he was one of the first owners to denounce him and demand his ouster.

From The Daily Beast

Zelaya's ouster was controversial, and his supporters counted on leveraging his image as a coup victim into a sympathy vote.

From The Daily Beast

Subsequently, on a quo warranto being filed against him, judgment of ouster was obtained.

From Project Gutenberg

Purque nous nentendons pas que par tiel cause il nous puit ouster de nostre accord.

From Project Gutenberg

To this virtual "ouster" of their jurisdiction over the question the Lords very naturally objected.

From Project Gutenberg

Those who instituted the ouster proceedings were Republicans.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• eviction
• expulsion
• overthrow
• removal