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noun
1.
a person who escorts people to seats in a theater, church, etc.
2.
a person acting as an official doorkeeper, as in a courtroom or legislative chamber.
3.
a male attendant of a bridegroom at a wedding.
4.
an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers or to walk before a person of rank.
5.
British Archaic. a subordinate teacher or an assistant in a school.
verb (used with object)
6.
to act as an usher to; lead, introduce, or conduct: She ushered them to their seats.
7.
to attend or bring at the coming or beginning; precede or herald (usually followed by in): to usher in the new theater season.
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verb (used without object)
8.
to act as an usher: He ushered at the banquet.
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- None of this is likely to usher in a new housing boom.
- But she's more than an altruist looking to usher in a new era.
- It could usher in entirely new designs for electronic devices.
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James. Ussher, James.
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| Usher (ˈʌʃə) | |
| —n | |
| a variant spelling of (James) Ussher | |
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Word Origin & History
usher
c.1380, "servant who has charge of doors and admits people to a chamber, hall, etc.," from Anglo-Fr. usser (12c.), from O.Fr. ussier, from V.L. ustiarius "doorkeeper," from L. ostiarius "door-keeper," from ostium "door, entrance," related to os "mouth." Fem. form usherette is attested from 1925. The
EXPAND verb meaning "conduct, escort" is from 1594.
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