ouster

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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /aʊstə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /aʊstəɹ/
  • Rhymes: -aʊstə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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.
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Verb

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

  1. To oust.

Etymology 2

oust +‎ -er

Noun

ouster (plural ousters)

  1. (UK) Someone who ousts.

Anagrams

Old French

Verb

ouster

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

Conjugation

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.

    Conjugation of ouster (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive ouster avoir ousté
gerund en oustant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle oustant
past participle ousté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present oust oustes ouste oustons oustez oustent
imperfect oustoie, ousteie, oustoe, ousteve oustoies, ousteies, oustoes, ousteves oustoit, ousteit, oustot, ousteve oustiiens, oustiens oustiiez, oustiez oustoient, ousteient, oustoent, oustevent
preterite oustai oustas ousta oustames oustastes ousterent
future ousterai ousteras oustera ousterons ousteroiz, oustereiz, ousterez ousteront
conditional ousteroie, oustereie ousteroies, oustereies ousteroit, oustereit ousteriiens, ousteriens ousteriiez, ousteriez ousteroient, oustereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present oust ouz oust oustons oustez oustent
imperfect oustasse oustasses oustast oustissons, oustissiens oustissoiz, oustissez, oustissiez oustassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— ouste — oustons oustez —
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