ouster
pronunciation
How to pronounce ouster in British English:
UK [ˈaʊstə(r)]
How to pronounce ouster in American English:
US [ˈaʊstɚ]
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- Noun:
- a person who ousts or supplants someone else
- a wrongful dispossession
- the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
Word Origin
- ouster (n.)
- "ejection from property," 1530s, noun use of Anglo-French ouster (see oust). For other such usages, see waiver.
Example
- 1. Yemeni anti-government protesters demonstrate on feb. 26 to demand saleh 's ouster .
- 2. Would president romney back the ouster of a pro-american autocrat facing mass demonstrations if the successor regime might be islamist ?
- 3. Security forces tried to break up an overnight reform rally in tahrir square , truncheons flailing as if the ouster of former president hosni mubarak weeks earlier had never occurred .
- 4. If the outside world signals resolutely that colonel qaddafi 's ouster is only a matter of time , there 's much more chance that officers will find ways to avoid going down with their leader .
- 5. The opposition 's massive gathering in tahrir square on february 18 , one week after mubarak 's ouster , for example , was a warning that it would force the military to share power with civilians .