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ush⋅er

  [uhsh-er]
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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 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.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME uscher doorkeeper < AF usser, OF (h)uissier doorman, officer of justice < VL *ustiārius, equiv. to L ōsti(um) door + -ārius -ary; see -er 2

Related forms:
ush⋅er⋅ship, noun
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Ush⋅er

  [uhsh-er]
–noun
James. Ussher, James.

Ussh⋅er

  [uhsh-er]
–noun
James, 1581–1656, Irish prelate and scholar.
Also, Usher.
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ush·er   (ŭsh'ər)   
n.  

  1. One who is employed to escort people to their seats, as in a theater, church, or stadium.

  2. A man who attends a bridal party at a wedding.

  3. One who serves as official doorkeeper, as in a courtroom or legislative chamber.

  4. An official whose duty is to make introductions between unacquainted persons or to precede persons of rank in a procession.

  5. Archaic An assistant teacher in a school.

v.   ush·ered, ush·er·ing, ush·ers

v.   tr.

  1. To serve as an usher to; escort.

  2. To lead or conduct. See Synonyms at guide.

  3. To precede and introduce; inaugurate: a celebration to usher in the new century.

v.   intr.
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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