ouster
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /aʊstə/
- (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)
- (historical) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
- (property law) Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
- (now chiefly US) Specifically, the forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; coup.
Translations
forceful removal from power
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Verb
ouster (third-person singular simple present ousters, present participle oustering, simple past and past participle oustered)
- To oust.
Etymology 2
oust + -er
Noun
ouster (plural ousters)
- (Britain) Someone who ousts.
Anagrams
- Souter, Toures, outers, rouets, routes, souter, touser, trouse
Old French
Verb
ouster
- (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 | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | ouste | — | oustons | oustez | — | ||