different between ouster vs duster

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.

English

Etymology

From dust +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?st?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?st?/

Noun

duster (plural dusters)

1. An object, now especially a cloth, used for dusting surfaces etc.
2. Someone who dusts.
3. A light, loose-fitting long coat.
4. (paper-making) A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc.
5. (milling) A blowing-machine for separating the flour from the bran.
6. (oil and gas) A dry drill hole, one that does not produce oil or gas.
7. (military, informal) A vehicle-mounted, multi-barrelled, anti-aircraft gun.
8. (Philippines) A sundress.
9. (education) A block of felt strips, shaped ergonomically, used to remove chalk from a blackboard.
10. (baseball) A high pitch toward the batter.

Translations

Further reading

• duster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• duster (clothing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• duster on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Studer, deturs, durste, rudest, rusted, strude, uderts

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?du?st?/

Adjective

duster (comparative dusterer or dustrer, superlative am dustersten)

1. Alternative form of düster

Derived terms

• stockduster
• zappenduster

Further reading

• “duster” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

duster m

1. indefinite plural of dust