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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Anglo-French
Origin: OUST

ouster

 noun
     
ous‧ter [uncountable] American English
when someone is removed from a position of power or from a competition - used in news reports
somebody's ouster/the ouster of somebody
the ouster of the brutal dictatorship
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