ouster
Plural: ousters
Noun
- The act of expelling or removing someone from a position.
- a person who ousts or supplants someone else
- a wrongful dispossession
- the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
- A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
- Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
- The forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; a coup; an ousting.
- Someone who ousts.
Verb
- To oust.
Examples
- The OUSTER of his high-scoring word from the dictionary left him speechless.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French ouster, oustre, a nominalization of Anglo-Norman oustre (“to oust”).
Scrabble Score: 6
ouster: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordouster: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ouster: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 7
ouster: valid Words With Friends Word