different between dispossession vs ouster

English

Etymology

dis- +? possession

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?sp??z??n?/

Noun

dispossession (countable and uncountable, plural dispossessions)

1. The act of dispossessing someone of something.
2. The casting out of an evil spirit that has possessed someone; exorcism.
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 462:

     There had been a series of such dispossessions since the beginning of Elizabeth's reign involving many clergy, particularly those of vehement Protestant sympathies.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /a?st?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /a?st??/
• Rhymes: -a?st?(?)

Etymology 1

From Old French ouster, oustre, a nominalization of Anglo-Norman oustre (“to oust”).

Noun

ouster (plural ousters)

1. (historical) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
2. (property law) Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
3. (now chiefly US) Specifically, the forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; coup.

Translations

Verb

ouster (third-person singular simple present ousters, present participle oustering, simple past and past participle oustered)

1. To oust.

Etymology 2

oust +? -er

Noun

ouster (plural ousters)

1. (Britain) Someone who ousts.

Anagrams

• Souter, Toures, outers, rouets, routes, souter, touser, trouse

Old French

Verb

ouster

1. (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.