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ush⋅er
[uhsh-er] 
ər
–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 fol. by in): to usher in the new theater season. |
–verb (used without object)
| 8. | to act as an usher: He ushered at the banquet. |
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| ush·er (ŭsh'ər) n.
v. tr.
To serve as an usher: ushered every Sunday at church. [Middle English, doorkeeper, from Anglo-Norman usser, from Vulgar Latin *ūstiārius, from Latin ōstiārius, from ōstium, door; see ōs- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Usher
Ush"er\, n. [OE. ussher, uschere, OF. ussier, uisser, oissier, hussier, huissier, fr. L. ostiarius a doorkeeper, fr. ostium a door, entrance, fr. os mouth. See Oral, and cf. Ostiary.]1. An officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, chamber, or the like; hence, an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers, or to walk before a person of rank. Also, one who escorts persons to seats in a church, theater, etc. "The ushers and the squires." --Chaucer. These are the ushers of Marcius. --Shak. Note: There are various officers of this kind attached to the royal household in England, including the gentleman usher of the black rod, who attends in the House of Peers during the sessions of Parliament, and twelve or more gentlemen ushers. See Black rod. 2. An under teacher, or assistant master, in a school.Usher
Ush"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ushered; p. pr. & vb. n. Ushering.] To introduce or escort, as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger; to forerun; -- sometimes followed by in or forth; as, to usher in a stranger; to usher forth the guests; to usher a visitor into the room. The stars that usher evening rose. --Milton. The Examiner was ushered into the world by a letter, setting forth the great genius of the author. --Addison.
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Language Translation for : usher
Spanish:
acomodador; acomodadora,
German:
der, *die Platzanweiser(in),
Japanese:
案内係
usher (n.)
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 verb meaning "conduct, escort" is from 1594.
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