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OUSTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
Synonyms:
ouster; ousting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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)
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:
A person who ousts or supplants someone else
Synonyms:
ejector; ouster
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ouster" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
oust (remove from a position or office)
