Oust meaning

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Oust is defined as to get rid of something or someone.

An example of oust is to kick a tyrant out of power.

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To eject from a position or place; force out.
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To effect an ouster of (a party) from a property.
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To force or drive out; expel, dispossess, eject, etc.
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To expel; to remove.

The protesters became so noisy that they were finally ousted from the meeting.

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Origin of oust

From Anglo-Norman ouster, oustier, from Old French oster (> modern ôter), from post-classical Latin obstare (“to remove"), classical obstāre (“to obstruct, stand in the way of").

Sentence Examples

  • An attempt of the Atabeg to oust the new sultan, however, failed.

  • In order to oust his rival Henry of Guise, Henry III.

  • The policy of the government is to maintain the small proprietors, and to do nothing tending to oust the native in favor of European landowners.

  • But what right had I to oust johnswort and the rest, and break up their ancient herb garden?

  • In July 1828 France had been commissioned to oust Ibrahim from the Morea; and though by a convention, concluded on the 9th of August by Codrington with Mehemet Ali, the principle of evacuation by the Egyptian troops had already been settled before the arrival of the French expedition, the Morea remained for the time in French occupation.

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