ushers

[uhsh-er]

ush·er

[uhsh-er]
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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Ushers is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
verb (used without object)
8.
to act as an usher: He ushered at the banquet.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English uscher doorkeeper < Anglo-French usser, Old French (h)uissier doorman, officer of justice < Vulgar Latin *ustiārius, equivalent to Latin ōsti(um) door + -ārius -ary; see -er2

ush·er·ship, noun
un·der·ush·er, noun
un·ush·ered, adjective
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