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oust

/aʊst/ UK
/ʌʊst/ Canada

Rhymes with -aʊst

Where it comes from

From Anglo-Norman ouster, oustier, from Old French oster (modern French ôter), from post-classical Latin obstare (“to remove”), classical obstāre (“to obstruct, stand in the way of”). Not related to out.

verb ousts · ousting · ousted

transitive To expel; to remove. The protesters became so noisy that they were finally ousted from the meeting.
Similar: banish, dismiss, eject, exclude

Opposite: accept, harbor, shelter

Thesaurus

verb

Opposite: accept, harbor, shelter

Translations

Every language

verb to expel; to remove

Español	desbancar, destituir
한국어	몰아내다 moranaeda
日本語	追い払う oiharau, 取り除く torinozoku, 取り上げる toriageru
中文	逐出 zhúchū, 罷免 /罢免 bàmiǎn, 罷黜 /罢黜 bàchù
Português	retirar, expulsar
Français	expulser
Deutsch	verdrängen, vertreiben, schassen
Italiano	espellere, cacciare, estromettere, rimuovere
Română	da afară
Русский	выгоня́ть vygonjátʹ, вы́гнать výgnatʹ, изгоня́ть izgonjátʹ, изгна́ть izgnátʹ, сверга́ть svergátʹ
العربية	طَرَدَ ṭarada
עברית	גֵּרֵשׁ gerésh

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@misc{oust_2026,
  title = {oust},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oust},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}