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Mustee vs Oustee - What's the difference?

mustee | oustee |

As nouns the difference between mustee and oustee

is that mustee is (archaic) an octoroon, someone of one-eighth african ancestry while oustee is (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.

mustee

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) an octoroon, someone of one-eighth African ancestry
  • *{{quote-book, year=1836, author=American Anti-Slavery Society, title=The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Near the commencement of the weeding season of 1835, I was ordered to whip a young woman, a light mustee , for not performing her task. }}

    oustee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.

    References

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