[uhsh-er] 
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 8. | to act as an usher: He ushered at the banquet. |
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