different between oustee vs ouster

English

Etymology

oust +? -ee

Noun

oustee (plural oustees)

1. (chiefly India) A person who is ousted, especially one who is removed from his place of residence or land to make room for an infrastructure improvement or public works project.
   • 2005, "Panel to take up dam oustee issues,"The Tribune Online Edition (India), 17 Jan.:

     The state government will consider constitution of a fact finding committee to take up issues of Pong Dam oustees so that relief can be provided to them.

Translations

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

Anagrams

• outsee, see out

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.