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OUSTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ouster mean? 

OUSTER (noun)
  The noun OUSTER has 3 senses:

1. a person who ousts or supplants someone elseplay

2. a wrongful dispossessionplay

3. the act of ejecting someone or forcing them outplay

  Familiarity information: OUSTER used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


OUSTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who ousts or supplants someone else

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ejector; ouster

Hypernyms ("ouster" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

oust (remove from a position or office)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A wrongful dispossession

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("ouster" is a kind of...):

dispossession; eviction; legal ouster (the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)


Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of ejecting someone or forcing them out

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ouster; ousting

Hypernyms ("ouster" is a kind of...):

ejection; exclusion; expulsion; riddance (the act of forcing out someone or something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ouster"):

deposition; dethronement (the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office)


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