ouster

noun

oust·​er ˈau̇-stər 

1

a

: a wrongful dispossession

b

: a judgment removing an officer or depriving a corporation of a franchise

2

: expulsion

Examples of ouster in a Sentence

The news reported the ouster of the dictator.

the dictator's ouster by the rebels

Recent Examples on the Web

With Torres conspicuously absent from City Council and committee meetings and events in District 3, the mood quickly changed from offering Torres due process to calling for his ouster as many residents and organizations felt Torres was in no position to effectively represent his constituents. —Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024

Niccol’s surprise hiring in August — announced alongside Narasimhan’s ouster — was greeted with widespread praise from the Club and Wall Street, with Starbucks market capitalization soaring by $21 billion in a single day, to nearly $109 billion. —Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024

The news of Hinton’s award comes weeks away from the first anniversary of Altman’s brief, stunning and ultimately unsuccessful ouster—as well as the second anniversary of the launch of ChatGPT at the end of November 2022. —Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024

That experience was in the back of my mind when reading about the struggles at CVS Health, which owns Aetna, and the ouster of CEO Karen Lynch last week. —Diane Brady, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Anglo-French, from oster, ouster to oust

First Known Use

1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

ouster

noun

oust·​er ˈau̇s-tər 

: the act or an instance of ousting or being ousted

Legal Definition

ouster

noun

oust·​er ˈau̇s-tər 

1

: wrongful dispossession especially of a cotenant

2

: a judgment removing a public officer or depriving a corporation of a public franchise